The Hostage

So then, my friend, as avid
lovers of non-fiction we're agreed,
it was an interesting read that
advanced our knowledge of an
intellectually thorny subject,
of the dangers posed to the
international community
through the emerging hordes
motivated by religious zealotry
taking human rights careening
back to pre-medieval violence,
a fascinating and fearsome 
topic. The plight of an unfortunate
hostage held for ransom by
pathologically vicious brutes
well documented, along with
his fears of beheading, so
we empathized, while oddly
agreeing his release was a
vast relief, even as we reacted
with personal distaste for 
the narrator's quaking persona.