Civil War

This evening I listen to a Rock 'n' Roll band
Their track is Civil War, as our world now expands

To us it's the same size but to others they despise
For the want of greed exists in their killer hungry eyes

Where do I start, to say of their evil spread
A different starvation leaving the world in evil dread

It's not our today's but our yesterdays years
That our history tells us, of our everlasting torn tears

Cambodia, the Lebannon, and Sri Lanka's Indian sun
Rebels who demand better at the end of a gun

Guaetamala and Peru with their Shining Path
Villagers in terror decrying it's ever last

Democracy is our power in it's controllable exist
Like the Shining above, how long will our future paths persist

Recent news in the Arabic World, has taken tyrants by surprise
For decades they have stolen with their torturing infidel lies  

I could go deeper and deeper to describe these evils acts
In wanton blood spillage, to increase civil war torn facts

For this is the world we live in, it appears we determine to live
Maybe in our lifetime it will be on our doorstep, we open, our lives will sieve










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Robb A. Kopp

March 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM

sadly painted work so emphatically gobbled up by my carnivorous eyes

Sara Kendrick

March 2, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Enjoyed reading your political ideas this afternoon..Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work..May your gift continue to expand..Sara

Carolyn Devonshire

February 27, 2011 at 12:30 PM

Wouldn't it be great if we truly did see an end to civil wars within our lifetimes? When you think about it "civil war" is an oxymoron. There is nothing civil about the events you describe so well in your compelling poem, James. Love, Carolyn

James Peranteau

February 27, 2011 at 6:05 AM

The agonizing fact James, as at the end of your write here; Civil war, may not be far off ! Unrest is everywhere dear poet, a portend not to be taken lightly, as your poetic attention reflects ! Great write James ! much love, james