War

The car 

         has careened 

out of control!

where is 

            the world

heading to?

the mad 

       trump card

prevails, infectious

       world nations

falling in line…

         zest for power

domination 

         rules the roost!

how they sharpen 

          the  edges for

economic 

           materialistic

gains 

infusing 

              wrath… 

conflagrations 

        catch up

         unstoppable! 

Is there any 

          end to war

once it is

            unleashed?

No!

it    escalates

               flaring, 

burning!

merciless 

                  killing, 

  destruction

            demolition!

the hapless

                 humans 

innocent children, 

      women, the aged

fleeing for life….

the gory picture 

             of

        scattered

scampering 

         ants, when the

ant hill collapses…

      how 

    self destructive

the whole endeavour, 

                warfare!

its multifold

               fangs rise,

nuclear  

               bacterial

unleashing 

             emissions 

killing the environ

            the earth, the 

human, nonhuman!!

         these rapacious

leaders  

       mad, blindfolded 

setting their

                very ship

they travel

                on fire

   seldom caring 

       for aftermath…

may be AI phantoms

              shift them 

out of the rubble!

who can reason

              the insane

 to sanity?

          no world body

effective to the

          level desired…      

alas! 

     few conscience

keepers 

        do raise their

voice, but 

        who can stall

the floodgates

       that broke open

with fury 

           torrential! 

Only 

they sit and 

                     croak 

the frogs 

             beside the

pond, 

poets, philanthropists

         peace workers

they do endlessly

      croak and croak!