i revenge
the pope
preaches the crusade &
west marches
eastward.
barefoot & carrying
crosses, the
christian horde
lays waste to
damascus.
ii revenge
the crescent
scimitar points
west.
a hundred hundred
thousand arabian
horsemen in
vade vienna &
no lives are
spared.
iii revenge
crusaders capture
palestine &
ravish
jerusalem.
this sacred
land is
ours.
iv revenge
the brothers of
islam sack
rome & enter the
vatican.
they proclaim
it a world
mosque.
v
shall humans
continue this
sacrifice
over &
over, so pleasing
to the god of
blood &
fire?
vi
war is the
nightmare from
which we must
awake.
this circle
must be broken or
we
die.