home Poem List next poem Hawks And Doves Aggressive posturings for war grow dark Leading us to search cauldrons of intent Options offered by chance at best seem stark Pleading to prevent sorrow when hell's bent Laments echo like footsteps in a wake When woeful reflections gently saunter Down hallways to be remembered as fake When flowers are removed lives grow gaunter Plaintive shrills scratch across death's night of dreams Screaming for peace knowing blood will splatter Hope skulks sullenly, her wounded heart steams Boiling in reason that does not matter Some ways bring disaster within minutes Which other ways can't pretend to resist Imbalance results in one nation's fits Imposed upon nations which will desist Networks across decades watch their lights dim Plans and plottings will be dashed asunder While masters build their independent whim Forcing regretable scenes of wonder Towards that day's knowledge of safer times When we would walk pondering in private Past that chaos worlds offered in their crimes Not concerned about other's caveat (c)ERA 05:14 AM 2/3/03