Greed and murder,
Nations gone mad,
Oceans of ugly,
Mountains of sad
I try real hard
I make it my duty
To force my focus
On goodness and beauty
Threads of compassion,
Scraps of nice,
Slivers of contact
Must suffice
by Richard W. Bray
Tags: compassion, fellowship, greed, love, murder, Poetry, The Turbid Ebb and Flow of Human Misery, violence, War