History tells us what is past
Happenings that long shadows cast
This world seen through a mirror dark
Where religion played the lion’s part.
The God of War was never still
Lands captured by harsh force of will
The zest for conquest deemed of right
Revered perhaps … now battle site.
I mull this over; it is strange
Does human nature never change?
No knights-in-armour, techniques new;
But - modern warfare deaths accrue …
When future generations read
In history’s pages of our greed
Still shipwrecked on ideals in vain
Will their lives turn out the same?
(c) Poet in the woods 2024
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