COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Collateral damage

By james a. galgano

You see those innocent children grasping for dear life far from here

Their unforgettable faces bring this callous heart to so easily tears

What war based on unfound weapons of mass indiscretion led to this fate

Where innocent eyes infected by friendly fire are burned in our minds to date

How could this so-called collateral damage come undone and unforeseen prevail

Upon all that is holy as if it were a bright and shining lie no one will see

Is this the endless list of innocent victims upon which is presented unfortunately

As some disgusting argument why this all must occur here and now this way

Amidst all the endless excuses and official abuses which seek to otherwise persuade

When all these eyes are able to see those innocent victims who will never escape

The havoc wrought upon them and us all to the forever inevitable heartbreak