Shaken faith

When the air was filled with thick black smoke,
The breathing ceased with a sudden stroke
Of insidious death hanging in the air-
Everyone was lost at the loss with despair.
A strange smell prevailed as they'd degenerate-
The long-cherish values or deeply-held faith.
Was it purity, chastity or the innocence?
Or why would life be sold for six-seven pence?
A smile on the man's face caused him a wrinkle,
When he tried to add joy to life and sprinkle
Flavour best known to arouse feelings during a kiss,
But soon love died a farcical death with a hiss.
A tired expression now shown on the face of man
As if he lost his way or lost touch with his clan,
Or was he just regaining the breath so lost
In fighting battles that yielded the ultimate cost.
Ah, everyone seemed to run amuck, everyone unknown,
As if there was an upheavel or some apparition shown.
He was sad over the mad race they all had taken,
He knew in his heart the faith had been shaken.

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