The Guilty And The Innocents

the guilty and the innocents trudge through life side by side... never knowing names, sometimes reading faces, often not! and that which is done in the name of glory, by the light of greed, is justified in the 'holy courts' where lives are bought and sold by the takers... is there a God? in Whose name the murdering hand moves swiftly... the price of blood, the wailing beat of hearts without identity. the march of those that conquer and devour without conscience... the thud of the guns, the rhythm of boots stepping to the beat of victory... victory never tasted so bitter! the guilty and the innocents... of which are you and i?