Rivers Of Blood

River of Blood

My lungs gather the wind

And throw it downhill

To have twinges of shame fill

My heart that we rescind

The law of the Creator to love

And help one another;

We squelch and kill each other

And raise far above

Common sense and sanity,

Ill will and pride,

Dumping far aside

Goodness and kindness for cupidity.

Should our troubled tomorrow

Pay today for the errors of yesterday

And watch hope fade away,

Drinking the damage from soulful sorrow?

All men will the ground someday swallow-

Black and white, rich and poor;

And if only love is brought to the fore,

If only we breed animosity no more,

Then would rivers of blood cease to flow.

=== by: Jacobs Adewale ===