No Winner

I have a wise friend

Who says

There canĀ  be no winner

In a nuclear war

Plants, people, animals

Flash away in an instant

Of incendiery fury

And those who served

As the trigger for the gun

Become victims of their own design.

What a waste

Such a waste

There are no winners

In a nuclear war.

3 thoughts on “No Winner

  1. he travels through time
    without me
    loses me as he wanders in decades past
    or generations yet to come

    I can’t follow him there
    see what he smells
    paint the views
    blank canvases remain untouched

    yet touch can bring him back to me
    sometimes I hold his hand and hope
    and if I’m blessed with success
    I pierce the heavens he travels

    strains of Moody Blues set his feet to dance
    his arms envelop me in yesterday
    weave us together in strands of memory
    randomly plucked from a mind that wanders

    he sails without me now
    is not lonely as I who left behind
    wander through the world bereft
    wondering when he’ll pause again

    come back to me just one more time
    not to dance assunder but be with me
    hold my hand and in my eyes
    see love reflected and love recall

  2. No Winner
    Gives me pause. Violence seems to rule the nation. A young policewoman was killed in the line of duty. The suspect is still alive after hours of shots fired and negotiations. There is no winner.

  3. won’t you come and live with us?
    I’ll protect you she says
    tears in her eyes.

    I pause in painful silence
    that a child so young could perceive
    needs she should never imagine

    I’d rather have my entrails torn
    from my bloodied body
    heart still beating life into my being

    than know this innocent
    already knows the depths of fear
    palpable yet unspoken between her elders

    her future lies in the balance
    and I am powerless to protect her
    from a mother who has no soul

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