Watered by Blood

The war rages around us. Are we aware?

The earth cries out.

Watered by the blood

of the martyrs,

the unwanted,

cast into the depths

of the unknowing.

A newborn baby

crying in the dark woods.

A grown woman

crying in loneliness.

The war rages.

The masters fashion their war tools

of commerce.

Minimum wage job.