Crippling disease of a disturbed heart <br />conjours up war. <br /> <br />When dizzy with envy and possessed <br />by discontent, <br />darknes seeps into a smile, <br />light of fragrant fellowship droops, <br />then dies, <br />and withering unrestrained warring sets in. <br /> <br />Dissension like stench fuels disputes, <br />and debates become brawls. <br /> <br />Colours of war, dyed in permanent hate <br />arise from ideals frustrated <br />by distorted love. <br /> <br />Patience becomes fear blackened, scraped <br />clean of compassion, <br />and unfeeling streaks appear <br />as patches of strain. <br /> <br />Hues such as smeared <br />in blood after battle <br />discolour, lame and dishonour <br />the name of nations. <br /> <br />War will colour dark all it engages, <br />never is anything else <br />so black as the colour of rage.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/colours-of-war/
