Wars

by Ravinder Malhotra



Cain may well have thought maybe With Abel out of the way He could rule generations Be the master of all and stay Others too in history Followed in this vein Attila, Genghis, Napoleon The last was Hitler’s pain Love of power is perhaps A stronger motive than fear To pursue irrational policies And be the premier Great nations led to ruin By the unwillingness to admit That power is not the sole preserve Of any one outfit Utter folly it is then From the narrowest point view To spread death and misery On the whims of just a few It is in the hearts of men These wars must be fought It is by enlightening them The cure must be sought

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