Wrote this after the senseless school siege at Beslan in Russia by Islamic militants. At least 334 people died including 186 kids in 2004. Now similar atrocities curse Ukraine.
Was first day of school when evil befell the town children who marched in happy tune, and the school bell tolling rung its death knell for the dead and dying who died too soon. Sadly there is none so Godless and none so dangerous as a fool with a cause - no rest will come to the ghosts of Beslan until the cause of peace gives hatred pause. A schoolyard is not a theatre of war, no child a legitimate enemy - are men’s hearts so black, rotten to the core that he finds refuge in atrocity? What badge of honour behoves the wearer to bear on children a reign of terror? Written: October 2004
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