Better Angels - Blood and Fire
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Blood and Fire

Splendid, brutal rage, intensified fury,
Shocked, surprised - malevolent - hysterical
When man explodes with the force of deadly bombs -
A terrifying sensation, senses stunned.
It would be beautiful, if there were no such thing as fear.
What strength and power lie behind creation
That also force another to wantonly destroy
All and everything, without mercy?
What passion is there in love, and dreams,
That is not there in the cruelty of one to another?
Creation - first cousin to destruction,
And love - first cousin to hatred and sorrow.
No demarcation, no border, but as two bodies
Of water, whose currents meet,
Creating liquid surges and mocking eddys.
As cousins, nodding acquaintances.
As cousins, close as blood and fire.