There are too many gods <br />Vying for position <br />In the feeble minds of <br />Much too believing <br />Men <br />One or the other is always <br />Right <br />Alternatively damned and worshipped <br /> <br />In the exchange of breath from <br /> <br />Brother to brother <br />Sword to unyielding sword <br />Innocents pay the price <br />And God himself <br />(If indeed he has a heart) <br />Stands aghast <br />Stooped in the gore of his once beautiful <br />Creation. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Poetry Against the War Anthology, Feb.2003)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/missing-pages/
