Horror Movie

This crazed planet
murders the simpler times
the good guys

Perhaps they never were
but I remember
and I weep
The dead are sacrificed
The evil celebrate

Blood boils as it spills
Tears etch faces
Horror blinds

What were once hopeful hearts
lose their way
stop beating

Revenge seems sweet
It is nothing
Death is empty

Take this broom
Sweep clean the hatred
A child is born
cries for a safe world

Death’s scythe has murdered again
Tonight we mourn
and wait for/hide from
tomorrow

Dd. Spungin
No. Woodmere, NY, USA
Donated to American Jewish World Service