Bloodied Pages Of History Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

The unfolding pages of history
Are full of human blood
Spattered on all chapters
Blood from all corners of the globe
Paint the history of man

It happened in biblical times
Since Cain slain his brother Abel
The blood has never stopped flowing
Puncturing the times of Moses
Pools of blood are forever present

The brutal hands of man
Spilled the blood of Christ
Unflinching and unrepentant
Mankind continued his crusade
Against his own brothers and sisters

The dark ages were not spared
Pages and more pages filled with blood
The 20th century witnessed more blood flows
Rivers of blood stretching from WWI to WWII
So many unrecorded lakes of blood
Stretches from Africa to Asia and back
The brutal hand of man wielding a ferocious knife

The 21st Century was welcomed with blood
September 11,2001 was just the tip of the iceberg
Terrorism is the latest two-edged sword
Killing both the innocent and the brave
In a violent act of genocide
Masquerading as political and religious propaganda
Pamphlets of blood smeared on the walls of history
By the sons and daughters of man