Unite In Adversity

One more year has vanished

I now wish it goodbye,

Some have happy memories

Others left to cry.



Eyes viewing our world

See suffering and pain,

Was it ever meant to be

The innocent were slain.



Their own souls are destroyed

When other lives they take,

Were perpetrators really human

Or imposters, a wicked fake? .



Surely they knew the difference

Between brutality and love,

If not, they were free to seek

Guidance from above.



The few years we are given

To walk upon this earth

Would be better spent in happiness

Spreading joy and mirth.



If all regarded fellow humans

As brothers, almost kin

Together in support of our world,

Everyone would win.



Unless 'cruelty' takes a back seat

Allowing ' happiness' to the fore

Unnecessary suffering will continue

Through the years forever more.