Six pointed blue star overhead

They resist
Ideologies wrestle
No finality
Ideas exist
If fiction
If truth
Threats and provocations
With or without proof
Attacks
Information gathered
Decisions made
Response
Immediate
Fear
Retaliation
Cycles renew
War continuation
Oblivion
Anew



Operation Wooden Leg, Tunis, Tunisia
Deir ez-Zor Syria
Osirak Iraq Nuclear Program
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Ain es Saheb airstrike, Syria
Operation Thunderbolt, Entebbe, Uganda

In the Desert it Stands

In deepest night, the desert floor is lit
By a star hanging low upon the horizon
Above a complex foundation and residents within
It is lit by the moon, with reflections upon the minarets
Over a fortress and garrison of the scion’s son
The cool of the night provides succor
For the day’s killer heat
The night provides cover
The day provides light
The fortress is a haven
From the scavengers that hover
Who ride across the desert
And raid without end
The miseries the riders bring
Cause sorrow without relent
The fortress remains
As it has many generations
A symbol of hope
Against the raider nations