To Live and Let Live

acts of terrorism upon tranquil lands

Desert plain soul

bleached bones

deep mine shafts' cold calculating

heartlessness,

rusted steel rails descent

into black

abyss 

black iron rock

shards

magnetic compass spins

erratic

topographic maps'

schematic sporadic assaults, 

violent acts upon humanity's

innocence

into the depths of this; 

his blood red ore, cavernous lower earth utters:

"Pleased to meet you, hope y' know my name . . . "

black opal gem, sapphire, ruby 'n pearl

deceptively twisted mix 

plots dark idolatrous cauldrons' political snake-oil brew

sulfuric gas, methane poison lies

brains' waves twirl in scheme

corrupted minds' incapacity for righteous deeds

shuns salvation's beauty, disdains, malcontent

confined, self-made-fed lust for murder 

his, he made it, blind in it, proud of it, 

upon it alien rebels tread, walk, ride 'n run

stride, boast, yell, curse 'n threat, hide

'n attack in secret modus operandi

self proclaimed, disdained terrorists

plague ripped into humanity's peace