The Burning Bush

There is a burning bush
Which lights a fire,
Creating a worldwide pyre,
Cremating kids in old Iraq,
Poor chaps come back
In a body sack,
The same bush is blazing on
In the bombed-out
Land of Afghanistan,
Let's hope this
Burning bush is gone
Before it burns
Our house and home.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2007 Alfred Charasz