Hopeless Peace Poem by Barry Middleton

Peace cannot come to a world
where wild eyed generals feed
the commerce of endless war.

Peace cannot break through
on a harvest of grief, frozen tears,
and memorial remembrance.

A murderous beast resides within
the fear and icy blood of the reptile,
the archetypal DNA of ruthlessness.

Hatred and envy rise from embers
of hopelessness and broken dreams.
Peace hides in an unrequited prayer.

Something does not want armistice.
Some secret force moves in darkness,
its iron fist clenched for the kill.