Tears for Syria

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: SYRIA

Tears for Syria

 

There are no good guys in Syria

All the world’s powers are engaged

For every force and philosophy

There is a cause to be enraged

 

The Russians and the Iranians

The Islamists and their jihad

The Israelis and the Americans

From Damascus to Islamabad

 

A civil war in perpetuity

There is no end within our sight

An endless maze of incongruity

A twisted, never-ending fight

 

If there is one good thing about it

It is the draining of resources

The warmongers on all sides

May be running short on forces

 

Syria under its dictatorship

Has become a warlord’s playground

There can be no good solution

A collective failure all around