All I See...

An endless sea of sand is all I see before me...
rivers of blood flow, though evidence thereof
is soaked up all too rapidly by its' endless depths.

The only proof, black and white...a world away.
The sun challenges
mind and body
war pierces the heart
flays the soul and
lays it open so the darkest places
of desire and hope
love
will and character
become your life or your death.
The ravages will weigh and measure
each continually under the grueling conditions
and circumstance...woe be to those found wanting.

If God can be found
his face will surely be
in a sandy mirage...
for it is here that terror lives
breathes and procreates...
it is here that the battle must be waged.

For just as the ocean swells and
crests before the storm
the desert undulates with
palpable evil.
Hearts and minds
honor and humanity
contain.