War’s Downward Spiral

War’s downward spiral—
Watch it, watch it,
As it takes humanity down the drain.
Bodies litter the ground,
And blood leaves its stain.

The stakes go up and up,
Desperation on both sides.
The horror is so inhumane—
Some prefer their own suicides.

War is the art of killing,
And as the war goes on,
It gets worse and worse—
Death and dying all day long.

Chemical warfare,
Torture and rape...
No longer humans—
The two sides become primate.

War spirals downward and down,
With genocide and starvation,
With the fear it will reach
Nuclear bomb detonation.

Simple war isn’t good—
No war ever was.
But the longer the war,
The wider the jaws.

Insanity, insanity,
To not sue for peace.
This madness, this madness
Has got to cease.