War Blood

War drenches the world in wet, salty tears.

War soaks the earth in hot, sticky blood.

War kills both people and animals.

It leaves houses ground into sinders.

Stress.

Worry.

Pain.

Soilders on all sides loose their minds.

And we wonder why we keep fighting.

The victors are always seen as good.

The losers are always seen as bad.

No matter how hard they try

or how much they believe themselves right,

they are seen as either one or the other.

Winner or loser?

Good or bad?

But like a forest fire,

flames help the forest grow stronger.

The heavy undergrowth that suffocates the trunks

can be perged to help new growth.

Like a forest fire,

humanity must sometimes be cleansed.