Suffering of the Now –
\nKills in spirit
\nThe body saved from
\nThe last war –
\nThis is the spoil for new armies
\nFalling bombs missed the delicate
\nChild with sweet hands –
\nWho grew into lovely woman
\nIn the suffering Now
\nReady for rape –
\nSickness is not only death
\nCruelty is not only man –
\nBeneath a laughing sky
\nPolitical germs spread the agony
\nOf the Cross –
\nAnswers escape like bullets
\nThrough a skull –
\nShrilling it is never enough to die –
\nWhilst your country\u2019s flag
\nWaves in the senile breeze –
\nAbove your graves-dead youths –
\nPaved with your mothers\u2019 tears –
\nNoble in foreign soil
\nYou all rot –
\nMarch to live –
\nStrike out perverted hate –
\nWith clean, young hands –
\nRemember why men died –
\nDo not allow the sperming of H-bombs –
\nOr \u2018fall-outs\u2019 to sprinkle death
\nThrough the blood –
\nMarch to Freedom\u2019s wanting song –
\nSinging of camps
\nAnd bleeding hearts –
\nOf Mans\u2019 suffering,
\nLet pity whip your mind –
\nAs you realize
\nAgainst your youth
\nWar will always try
\nTo score a huge success!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sh\u00e4nne Sands<\/p>\n
from the selection Moonlight on Words published by FootSteps Press<\/p>\n
#poetry<\/p>\n
#shannesands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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