After 9/11, Americans were forced to recognize that all was not right with the world. But in the ensuing years, much of the country has been lulled back to sleep, oblivious of the greed and hatred that linger-and grow strong.

Poet Alexander Bryan Davis has witnessed many dark times in his nearly seventy years on this planet and knows his fair share of war, having served in Vietnam. In an effort to do his part to rid the world of evil, he chooses the hard road of a watchman and offers earnest warnings through his poems in the hope that people will repent and return to God.

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