downtrodden grass

A recent 'Verse & Voice' email from the Sojourners included:-

As [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes."
- Luke 19:41-42

and

When two elephants struggle, it is the grass that suffers.
- East African Proverb


A major outcome in our world when there is a struggle for dominance and power is often, as the proverb suggests, the 'grass' being downtrodden.