An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth.

A lie for a lie

And a truth for a truth.

 

An error for an error

And a strife for a strife.

A terror for a terror

And a life for a life.

 

A loss for a loss.

A breath for a breath.

A cross for a cross.

A death for a death.

 

A space for a space.

A hate for a hate.

A race for a race.

A state for a state.

 

A crime for a crime.

A pain for a pain.

Time after time,

It happens again...

 

Post scriptum.  'War does not determine who is right, only who is left.' Winston Churchill or Bertrand Russell?