Wednesday, January 03, 2007

War

While we sleep
The bombs rain down on the heads of unknown children
Their bodies are separated from their spirits
they return to the heavens
And forsake the physical

While we sleep
They carve our souls from the earth
Fertilise it with our blood
Build fortresses on our land
Take ownership of what is not theirs to take

While we sleep
They wage war in the name of an equality that makes them stronger
Renders us the weaker

While we sleep
The bullets penetrate our bodies
Cleave humanity from humankind
Evolve us to a state of barbarism that has never existed
In the name of civilisation

While we sleep
While we sleep

While we sleep
Our prophets, our heroes, our fathers, our mothers are killed and buried in mass graves of silence
Their words drowned by the drone of fighter planes and gunships that take ownership of the skies

While we sleep
Peace is reversed
War is birthed
Death becomes the norm
Mind control real
Passion smothered
Souls extinguished

While we sleep
We lose our relevance
Our existence becomes irrelevant
Our legacy is silence
Our lives are nothing
We cannot run forever

Wake up!
I said wake up, children of the night
The world is coming to an end
What shall you tell your children?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent, powerful piece, cool blog.

absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
outlaw war...
.

Imperfect said...

beautiful...

war has become the way or the world.

Anonymous said...

you have a good poem going right there good work hope to read more soon you hae a lot of potential.......WELL DONE..

Anonymous said...

keep going dude rewind your thoughts and unwind your days... good

Benny Sumer Yanthan said...

Very intriguing.

Beautiful.