Tribal Mind

Old ways in the modern world

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where vengeance is a fact of life
from ancient history

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth
The laws of ancient days
In the land of Cain and Abel
Where God has vengeful ways

Where ethnic tensions settle scores
in cycles of revenge
Where feuds are never ending
a reason to avenge

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where innocence is brutalized
by tribal rivalries

Invaders crossed the holy lands
and crumbled into dust
Lost in swirling sands of time
turned into slag and rust

Where demigods and despots
Rule people with the lash
Their rein ends in disaster
the tribal mind's backlash

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where endless cycles of revenge
unleash insanity

Where no one has immunity
To laws of give and take
The tribal mind will never end
Their fate is what they make

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

Holy cow this is good. Its very lyrical - well done.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you TL

[Aristede Craig Jr]

you reap what you sow basically I like how you put though another write that should open eyes and hearts

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Craig

[Tate Morgan]

We laugh when we hear a joke about someone getting married at 14 in west Virginia. Yet over there They are grown up by 10 and dead by 20 .Justice Cometh and that right quick for these poor souls.Religion has taught them to hate their infidel neighbors and promised them rewards for killing them.

[Baby Ricochet]

That's for sure. Thank you Tate

[Nia Hope]

Wow, amazing and true as usual. Great poem.

[Michael G. Smith]

When you are raised to hate you accept it as normal.

[Baby Ricochet]

Th t's for sure. Thanks for stopping by

[poetdoug]

"The tribal mind will never end, Their fate is what they make."
Wow, I think this is certainly one of your most powerful and passionate poems yet.
First Class my friend.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Doug

[Corset]

Always amazed by your versatility, this is a heavy hitter as well, I understand, not as one who experiences but as one with eyes in my head and can see the weight of your conscience growing heavier by the week. Keep writing.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you corset

[Keith]

Great message and well penned as always. Why would any foreign country want to get mixed up in that?

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Keith

[ANTO]

Invaders crossed the holy lands
and crumbled into dust
Lost in swirling sands of time
turned into slag and rust ..... timeless writing BR

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you anto

[Brian Angeles]

Beautifully done. Veru good choice of words and good concept

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Brian