Is This War?

“War is hell.  You can’t photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear.”
– unknown

The bomb has dropped
control slips from our grasp

We pray for a parachute
for someone to pull the cord

numbers escalate,
lives plummet

We offer encouragement
isolated voices faltering

moment of impact imminent
the implosion inevitable

impact reverberates
responsibility moot.

(  Image my own.)

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

21 thoughts on “Is This War?”

  1. The world is a dangerous place now. I remember in the ’50s we practiced dropping and rolling under the tables in school. Now that would be useless. By the way, I did not vote for Trump and was surprised he won. Of course I was surprised he won before also. This is not the America I grew up in.

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    1. I remember the under the desk drills too. Now we do shooter drills. What a world. I am in Canada, and cannot fathom how a man like that could be in a position of power.

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