I Wonder Why

When I see a country devastated by a war And when I see a battlefield littered with blood and gore And when I see an innocent girl raped on the floor And when I see a killer thirsty for more And when I see racism as prevalent as before And when I see people hungry and poor And when I see a caged wild animal roar And when I see a heart hardened to the core And when I see an innocent victim of the law And when I see children seeking refuge in fairylore And when I see floods, plagues and famines in store I wonder why...........