Violence begets violence,

Through blood and terrible pain.

Hatred begets hatred,

With every fallen name.

Actions in this moment

Last for generations to come

Long after reasons forgotten

Our passions still succumb.

Perpetuating animus

At the cost of innocent life

Caught in the crossfire

Stainless victims of this strife.

Given a moment of thought

Or a look in a childs face.

Would we be so rash

To kill instead of embrace.

Perhaps someday great wisdom

Will seed the hearts of man.

To recognize the evil

Exacted since time began.

The hope for lasting peace

Lives in my fondest dreams.

Though unlikely in this lifetime

Nor ever so it seems.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~