No More Shall the World Halt For Mankind

Poem about today's violent society

As the night sky slowly passes
and the day rises into being,
a moment in time is suspended.
The shrill of a bird ceases
as the nightly wind stops howling.
It’s neither dark nor light,
the world shudders to a halt.
Blessed silence.
A gun fires,
bright flash amongst men.
One falls
broken,
blood spilled on the ground,
staining the earth crimson.
His spirit raises out of the dead flesh,
twirling revenge into the other’s hearts.
A knife strikes,
a swift motion.
Repayment is complete.
The earth soaks in the drying blood,
thirsty for more.
Retaliation comes,
a vampire sucking the life
out of innocent men.
Violence reigns in a society
that always seeks
vengence.
Violence leads to death
of all men.
The blessed silence
is gone from the world.
No more shall the world
halt for mankind!