Words (2)

words (2)

potent potential to cause that button to be pressed

blowing humanity to smithereens wreck families

in their wake ground zero planes smash skyscrapers

devastation pain horrific astronomical linking

inciting hatred bloodshed death a good cause severed

limbs shoot through the air crimson speckles spattered

splattered unsigned unclaimed seeping into the rain soil

skeletal fingers connecting infinity space

time does not erase the hurt loss the mother mourning

her young the fatherless child the badge of honour awarded

posthumously for courage service to country taunts mocks

‘I exist you are no more but I cannot hold your beloved’s hand

wipe away the tears on your wrinkled mother’s pained face

nor kiss better your son’s knees’