Implore For Sanity Poem by Cameron Gallant

War is a human thing and nothing else
only with humans do two fronts slaughter each other for esteem or shiny mineral
only with humans do very brothers maim and strike each other for glory of their cause
only with humans do old men dream, while young men die
War is:
Violence, not peace
Failure, not success
Loss, not gain
Death, not life
Defeat, not triumph
Insanity, not necessity
What massacre must occur for thee to drain the violence from his heart and else lead to salvation?

(Published in Print in 'DeSSerted Island: Poem Collection' - 2014)