as a sickening silence
breaks
though brutalized throngs
cowering in the shadows
of war

as all human decency
decays
resigned to death throes
among the fetid remains
of friendship and family

as our discarded toil
runs amok
infecting every mind
with a frenzied fear
screaming for relevance

we greet the morning

all the coffee
all the clever conversation
belies our ilk

we ramble
we rumble
running blindly
into our own
obsequious comfort

a last-ditch
desperate
doomed attempt
to stave off the inevitable

god help us

Peace/Love

m(-_-)m