tears fall like bodies in the battle for power

i watch
horrified
as people
destroy
people
bodies spilled
no cause
they can truly
justify
i cannot watch
cannot stand this
i close my eyes
and see blood
blood
red
splattered over my reality
i look wildly
all around me
and see dying
they're all dying
and i cannot stop it
cannot help
i feel
such
anguish
these spirits
reach out their hands
to me
to us all
they cry out for justice
and it resounds
in every
part
of me
i am afraid
to look
more afraid
to feel
to look inside myself
do i share these qualities?
is there
this monster
that lurks
unseen
unknown
within me?
can i really
be
of the same flesh
as these
creatures
who feed
off power
only gained
by theft of lives?

shaking
i turn off
the news
turn away
from
my television set
still
it replays
still
i hear screams
i cannot get away
cannot run
from this
such guilt

i am
ashamed
to be human
at times like these

i hang my head
and weep