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Watch children fall like Jericho,
walls torn down by trumpet artillery.
Watch blood stain the skies in lunatic whirls,
of airstrike thunder, missile lightning.
There is a sickness in the world, today,
an apathy that taints the air.
The morbid stench of death,
the only comfort, fleeting,
in this necrotic land.

Watch the buildings tumble,
red seas of blood and dust,
rising up to meet us.
Watch numbers rise,
each one a symbol of failure.
We have failed them
Each one a warning.
We walk a bloodied path

Watch idiot cries of madmans vengeance,
see hatred circle death in turn.
A cycle brews, the cosmic balance,
despair to seal disaster now in death,
damnation to rise in war-like thunder.
His shall be the fire from the sky,
his shall be the coming of the dark.
A sacrifice of fire on the altar.

Though we are sons of Seth,
we know well the ways of Cain.
Though we have heard the tale,
we slaughter our sons on the altar,
of black religion, false Abraham.
You, Lord God of Lies,
who sits at your right hand?
A Crown Prince of Pain?
A cowled and cackling reaper?

Christ knows what comes,
beginning, end and climax?
We count our blessings,
fall to knees so lapsed in prayer,
that they bleed to know the effort.
Brothers, Sisters, distant cousins,
relatives of all color and creed, listen...
For I have seen the madness in the world,
That black suspicion
Tasted its conceit,
Such dark derision
©2006-2009 ~ChronoMCC
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I lament the bloodshed in the world today

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:iconchicdrummer4jc:
nice job, this left me nearly speechless

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You can't trust anyone these days, but you can always try.
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My thanks, I'm very deeply affected by the tragedy unfolding; the losses to both sides, but how troublingly one sided the argument seems to be. Continued vigils and protests in Britain, serve to thankfully convince me otherwise.

I ask only for peace, and solidarity.

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As I stand shoulder to shoulder with my battle brothers, I am forced to wonder; Who can I trust? I am being asked to fight men who I once called comrade. I ask myself; what manner of ruin will befall us next?
:iconblaesa:
Bravo, Marcus. Grade A as usual. I really ought to read more of your poetry. I think I'll start tommorrow though, as reading with this level of sleep dep is a struggle that I'm probably not going to win.
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Cheers mate :) Good to see you around

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As I stand shoulder to shoulder with my battle brothers, I am forced to wonder; Who can I trust? I am being asked to fight men who I once called comrade. I ask myself; what manner of ruin will befall us next?
:iconpoisoned-dragon:
Very nice work.

I feel your pain. The apathy i see every day saddens me almost as much as the voilence itself. Because it is the apathy that enables it to continue.

I wish I could garner hope from the vigils and protests. Because I realize that most of the people who vigil and protest do so for a very short time before returning to their comfortable lifestyles that enable people with money and power to sow their destruction.

The majority will have to start changing the we/they live before we'll ever see a cessation to voilent deeds od mass proportions. It's going to be an arduous task clawing our way out of the downward spiral we've perpetuated.

But I try to stay hopefull. Anything is possible.

Best Wishes
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we have failed them...
that line really hit home.

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Showna was here.
:pride::pointr:don't thank me, comment on my art:pointl::pride:
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That was the intent.

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As I stand shoulder to shoulder with my battle brothers, I am forced to wonder; Who can I trust? I am being asked to fight men who I once called comrade. I ask myself; what manner of ruin will befall us next?
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My lord, you're a very talented writer!:sun: Might I use this poem some time in a pic? I'll give all creds for the poem to you of course;)
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Sure, that'd be cool :)

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As I stand shoulder to shoulder with my battle brothers, I am forced to wonder; Who can I trust? I am being asked to fight men who I once called comrade. I ask myself; what manner of ruin will befall us next?

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