Terror is a tactic

Terror is a tactic
Like bombing from the sky
Like hiding in a forest tree
And shooting as a spy.

The people using terror
I do not understand
They cause such terrible tragedies
But in their mind its grand.

They kill and maim our children
They cause our mind to change
They cause us to be paranoid
Our lives they rearrange

I'm sorry that they hurt so much
I don't know what to do
I’d like to think it over soon
I doubt it. So do you.

Why can't we just be tolerant
Why can't we just let live.
Are we so narrow minded
Can’t we just learn to give?

I will not see the end of this
But it will surely come
Its happened many times before
Its not the only one.

When man controls his anger
When man controls his greed
When true compassion rules the world
There'll be no need to bleed.

©August 4, 2004 Steve Lunsford