A GRIOT'S VEXATIOUS WAR SONNET
It was once written that there are wars and rumors
of wars;
Today, those rumors are no more, but the many wars
still are.
Today, the world is as innudated with war as the sky is
with stars;
Blatant wars are going on around the world both near
and far.
The military was once looked upon as the protective arm
of a nation,
Rather than as a seemingly octapus-like armed invading
destructive demon:-
Was there not a time when war was a major UN concern
of arbitration?
Why is it that world wide concern for peace on earth is
no more common?
In wars of scattered times past, lives were lost and the
collateral damage, abundant;
In present day current occuring wars, deaths and collateral damage
are both huge:-
In the past, majority deaths were military; today, suc... |