Trigger warning: war and what comes with it
Never again, we say.BOOM.
Tall and broad shouldered, square of jaw and deep of voice: Never again, they promise. We will seek out the shadows and we will bring light, they say.BOOM.
And together we will watch as cities burn— fire was always a source of warmth, anyway.BOOM.
Don’t breathe, they warn. We can’t control the poison in the air. Don’t go too fast; a bullet will come quicker than asphyxiation. And today we stand here, breathing in the cold, dead void of space that we once thought we would travel before we abandoned another horizon without oxygen.BOOM.
Are you buried under the rubble? Good, they say, you’re safer there. Have you been trapped in your home by debris while your world burns? Shut your eyes. The smoke might damage them.BOOM.
Death isn’t instant. Each second ticking by leaves you with hope for a savior. (Was it was supposed to be you? they sneer. Were you too busy needing to be saved?) And today we stand here, bleeding out and wondering how long a thousand cuts take to lose so much blood. It’s so much less than you expected. Is it going dark, now? Continue on. We bring light, and haven’t you heard what’s at the end of the tunnel? The fires burn, and burn, and burn. And we burn with them.BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Superb! Can’t wait to see all the new stuff up coming. More you is always the best thing. A magnificently thunderous poem too.