A World Without War

When Faith turns fanatic, When the mind, like a sponge soaked in dogma, When the lure of money overrides, When reason is hoodwinked With the promise of a Heaven in wait, A terrorist is born! He moves around armed with ammunition. Joins other desperados with loaded guns and bombs. Like horrendous beasts unleashed from the den They lunge on a rampage, with threats at gunpoint. In God's name violence is concocted Spewing hatred, hostility, and horror When interests clash, when the greed for power overrides Between countries, tension builds. In the war between Russia and Ukraine In the turmoil between Jews and Palestinians How many have died leaving their families wailing? We are on the brink of an apocalypse. Guns roar, bombs blast, causing, Death, deformity, and destruction, Mushroom clouds rise high. Dark clouds hang on the horizon. Frivolous ideologies kill the lives of innocents Leading to distress and doom. With the world turned into a battlefield We need an escape from this inferno. Combined efforts alone can subdue, This formidable enemy of gigantic proportions. United shall we stay to get all wrongs right, And muster the strength to catch the bull by its horns, To let the doves of peace take on wings, And to build a world free of hostility and war! _________________________________________________