I Am the Mother of War

Tears drop from Mother Earth’s eyes At the unspeakable horrors Released by humankind. Born from Her womb, These children of Earth murder Among themselves to the very last. Mercy flees the scene As dark knights of Adam charge forth Into the red mist of blood. Bullet after bullet, And sword after sword Plunge deep into men’s bodies. Raw violence infiltrates the souls Of those who rage uncontrolled Toward their screaming brethren of the Earth. Their mother sheds another tear For her dear children gone astray Fated to lie evermore on bloodstained deathbeds. Trampled under the marching drumbeat, Shattered dreams and dashed hopes Die their death amidst empty corpses. Mourning the immense loss of life, Mother sadly gazes down on her children And speaks the words: I am the Mother of War.