Calculated use of violence
To intimidate
Coerce people
Or instil fear
Influence
The policy
Or affect the conduct
Of a government

Violence merely increases hate

Sowing the seeds for more conflict

Terrorism as a plague
Was leading to a world
Of growing mistrust
Fear and division

It has deepened divisions
Among people
Of different faiths and origins
The overwhelming impact
Of all this
Is genuine fear
Among the affluent
As well as the poor

Worlds in collision civilians being caught in the middle
Hatred feeling without distinguishing
Reaching new depths of a calculated
Arbitrary barbarism in the modern age