After Blood Has Flowed Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I am not going to defend ignorance,
Of any kind.
At any time...
To have it believed,
An achieving of it benefits...
With it around protecting interests.

I am not going to defend,
Delusions kept to pretend...
Common sense and the use of it,
Reveals a weakness,
By anyone expressing a thoughtfulness...
That exposes an intelligence without regret.

Boosters of conflicts and victories to win,
Seem to continue...
When so many of a higher consciousness,
Are seeking this immature childishness to end.

Pomp and circumstance celebrated,
In ceremonies after blood has flowed...
Shows not a progressive movement forward,
But a taking of backward steps...
Down the same traveled roads,
That honors a darkness...
Repeated to keep worshippers of evils,
Long gone that should be left...
Behind with regrets expressed.

But...
Boosters of conflicts and victories to win,
Seem to continue...
When so many of a higher consciousness,
Are seeking this immature childishness to end...
And not desiring with a seeking to begin them again.

I am not going to defend ignorance,
Of any kind.
At any time...
To have it believed,
An achieving of it benefits...
With it around protecting interests,
Of those with kept barbaric minds...
Seeking conflicts to start and them to find.
And then to celebrate...
After blood has flowed just to prove and show...
GREATNESS?
With it compared to 'what'?