Dichotomy

  Fear of death is fear of life,

  To fight for peace is to create strife

  The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

  To declare a war on terror is to war against war itself.

  Self defeating dichotomy, man’s weakness.

  Madness carried every day, a relic of lies told to oneself.

  Give lies a paintbrush and they shall give a man.

  Unfortunately due to the shortness of this poem I was unable to post it without this note as RoyalRoad is not exactly built for a poetry archive. I fear that this note may become a common sight after each poem though I should at least be thankful I haven't written much in the way of Haiku.