| 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... |