The World’s Insanity

The World’s Insanity

“The thundering din of agony

and hopelessness crashes on

the shores of our burning

brains atop the crimson tide’s

bloody waves of war.”

Anon

The crimson waves of war kindle fires in burning

consciences, as visions of countless battles burns

through questioning minds. Manufactured lies burn into

the ebony woodwork of traumatized truth as it flutters in

the atmosphere of bloody dust.

Roads of war always lead to nowhere, a place filled

with potholes of misery and hopelessness. As

humanity stands in a state of unbelieving absurdity, the

earth trembles and shakes as brutality overcomes

mercy in warring nations.

When one war is over another starts, so munition

corporations can continue gaining wealth, forever.

Where can one find justice in such a world filled with

insatiable egos, greed, injustice, cruelty and legitimized

murder?

Where can one escape to, to hide visions of the horror

of wars? How can one exist sanely in such a world-

wide insanity? What can be done with homeless and

brain traumatized warriors, as they fill our allies, and

river bottoms, and walk like zombies along the broken

streets of our ugly cities carrying their grief in a rusted

grocery cart?

Biography: James lives in a replica 1800s farmhouse in Santa Ynez, California, with his wife Sandy and a dog named Scout. He was nominated four times for the Pushcart award and twice for the Best of Net award. He earned his doctorate from BYU, and his BS and MA from California State Polytechnic University, SLO. He is the author of five collections of poetry and five novels. Over 1900 of his poems and forty short stories were published in hundreds of national and international publications.

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-of-mountain-during-sunset-W1_oJUCoycM) 11. 5.2026.

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