Warfare

God help me please.
I'm bowed down spittin' surahs and verses,
Lighting candles and calling the ancestors.
Tryin' to hail me a Mary or the gods of this earth.
I don't care which religion saves me, I just need a savior.

The missiles went flyin' through the air on Wednesday,
The secondary school was destroyed on Thursday,
And one hundred fifty casualties were counted by Friday.
Thirty-three fathers, twenty-five mothers,
Forty siblings under the age of eight, twelve grandmothers,
Thirteen uncles, nine nieces, seventeen babies, and one politician
Makes a disturbing equation.

I'm livin' in warfare.

I need a heroine with some supernatural powers,
But everybody knows that heroin in the hood is illegal.
The only secret identity is your street alias
And the encrypted language used to keep business up.
Brown sugar makes deals with arms in my backyard
Just the same as international arms deals in my backyard.

A state of war has been declared.

Our neighbors arsenal stash has exceeded our count.
Allies have left the table and gone under the table.
Undercover dealings and unsuspected insurgents.
False flagging, now they're bragging while you're nagging.
And everybody is pissed off.

I'm livin' in warfare.

My home isn't safe and I've been classified a refugee.
I had to take refuge from the anarchy.
I need rescuing from these fire breathing reptiles.
I'm lookin' for a shero in a dope outfit, with an afro,
And cape that waves in the air when she soars.
Maybe she can be beautiful, something like a Tahitian black pearl.
Then maybe she can chase these dragons away.
She'll confuse the enemy like politics.

The same politics that caused this war, that caused this death,
That called the troops, that called for the Sargent to call the mother
Of the soldier that doesn't get to call home anymore.
The blood stained uniform, like that of a deity, inflicts pain.

There is no love in war.

There is nothing fair about the torture of syringes piercing the body.
The destruction of all things is inevitable,
Whether it be war crimes or crimes against humanity.
Whether it be government controlled or secret proprietors.
Whether they label it a war on drugs or a war on crime
To secretly cover up the war against marginalized persons.
Funding of nonsense is expensive and dysfunctional.

I wish I had an escape from this warfare.