Tribal Mind

Old ways in the modern world

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where vengeance is a fact of life
from ancient history

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth
The laws of ancient days
In the land of Cain and Abel
Where God has vengeful ways

Where ethnic tensions settle scores
in cycles of revenge
Where feuds are never ending
a reason to avenge

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where innocence is brutalized
by tribal rivalries

Invaders crossed the holy lands
and crumbled into dust
Lost in swirling sands of time
turned into slag and rust

Where demigods and despots
Rule people with the lash
Their rein ends in disaster
the tribal mind's backlash

Reflections of the tribal mind
and desert deities
Where endless cycles of revenge
unleash insanity

Where no one has immunity
To laws of give and take
The tribal mind will never end
Their fate is what they make

Reviews

[Inda]

The masses are always dumb and violent; partly because of their ignorance which of course is grown out of their beliefs; you've captured this perfectly here. Great piece!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you inda

[Joyce S. Greene]

A strong poem filled with the way it is, BR. So very sad, so very true. Violence and hatred are a part of the desert tradition and woe be it to he who ventures into that desert.

[Baby Ricochet]

That's for sure. Thank you Joyce

[Khaled A Khunaifer]

It's the cycle of hatred .. nice poem

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Khaled

[Cody Williams]

I enjoyed it a lot! You have major talent! Thanks for sharing it with me!

-CW

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you cody

[Cody Williams]

No problem at all!

[Laminators Dubai]

yeah...
we are fighting at the name of evolution...sick human mind...

its great rhyming...near perfect...
i was wishing it more long...
but its really good...the view you are trying to create is visible...so your writing works...i can see the hard work...
thanks for sharing...

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you glitch

[Pryde Foltz]

Very strong, as always. I am reminded of a quote from the tweet of God. 'An eye for an eye, unless you are out of eyes, and then two teeth for an eye.'

An eye for an eye
a tooth for a tooth
turns one into a blind fool
gumming their food

You rock, baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

lol! Thank you pryde

[Brittney]

Love the flow and rhyme to this piece, amazing as usual

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Brittney