is it...

is it

the elegant

timelessness

of Frost

the vulgar

truth

of Bukowski

the anonymity

of Edgar Allan

hanging

my yesterday’s

spoils

of the food bank

trying still

to grapple

in understanding

of why such

so many

w/so much

evidence

exposing

the pure nonsense

of the every

existing conflicts

we all know

as WAR

WTF people

snatched

the ever growing

autistic souls

from the street

kidnapped

as a tribal memory

from centuries past

to either eat

as cannibalistic food

or simple

fodder

for the enemy’s

cannons

dying results

ending the same

blind

in the complacency

of distant comfort

sadly

wars have existed

my entire time

on this round

planet Earth

in my eighth decade

history

regardless of

the lies

propaganda

fables and fabrications

the one thing certain

is WAR

never ending conflicts

apparently

a human condition

or more

a conditioning

at this point

is it

the psychopathic leaders

that always seem

to rule

the lack of empathy

over greed

power

dictated by

control

and positioning

that even

good societies

seem to rely

is it good

verses evil

dictated by

doctrines

of religious

lineage

kings

queens

royalty

race color creed

we all bleed

and die

whether

a cross

or under

a warm down

duvet

soul into energy

returning

tears

and memories

remaining solely

be it so

is it more

or less

the nature

or the teachings

the hatred

the divides

the education

disrespecting truth

is disrespecting

life itself

lies

white or black

never heals

only masks

temporarily

symptoms

unpleasant

annoying

unprofitable

however

never forgiving

or honest

in sympathy

as it is stated

all ways better

for the guilty

to remain free

than innocence

condemned by

false pretense

or pretext

or is this merely

pretzel logic

knotted

in asking

why

is it