unHOLY WARs

[inspired by Kingdom of Heaven and jaded by everyday's news]

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Dust and sand and wind

but no water

Dust and sand and wind

but no green

Dust and sand and wind

but no flower

when the war started.

When eager to cross swords

both spat insulting words

the dust did not stop

to cover every inch

the sand did not move

but made them flinch

the wind never died down

the earth lay bare and brown.

And no water arose from the rocks

and no green covered the hills

and no flower blossomed

when all was smeared

with red disgrace.

When all was smeared

- hand, hair and face -

with the red of fratricide

the red of a killing case

red unwise

in-colour

off-colour

palliation

for

repeating

dissolution