Source: Davos 15 - Agenda - World Economic Forum |
Humanity seems stuck
In a time tunnel taking it
To its cold-blooded roots
When nations were slaughtered
For daring to practice
Their own chosen faith
As men built empires
On the bodies of those
Too weak to withstand them
Till the point was reached
When might was measured
By the number of dead
Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.