Watching War Through a Screen

Watching war through a screen,

scene after scene,

reflects how human nature

falls into delusion

and loses its way.

 

People want more,  

and control follows.

 

So they push and fight,  

in open conflict and hidden rivalry.  

Unable to win, unable to take.

Their minds are clouded by anger.

 

Black smoke rises.

Wreckage of weapons lies scattered.

Casualties,

destroyed homes,

all become measures of victory.

 

In hatred,  

they sink deeper into delusion.  

They devise every means

to wound the other.  

 

They believe

the more they destroy, 

the stronger they become.

 

Harm and suffering

keep spreading.

 

But they forget

that while destroying others,  

destruction returns

with even greater force.

 

Homes are ruined,

lives are lost,  

hearts are unsettled.

 

In the end, 

they forget

what they were fighting for.

 

Perhaps humanity

has long believed

that the power to destroy

is what makes one strong.

 

What war leaves behind  

is deepening conflict.  

And greater loss.

 

War,

perhaps,

is simply what human delusion

looks like.