The Wars Within..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

BORN in the forest
raised in the city
learned and trained
now you must lead

did we not say that
diplomacy is just
and extension of our
wars?

did we not learn
that we shall always
be at war?

peace is temporary
war is permanent
that is how this
world lives

now in hibernation
soon the explosion
deep within the hearts
of men
are the molten lavas
of dissensions

around this world is
a terrain of
unseen volcanoes....