Death

 

We will always have death,

As long as birth survives

Death will follow,

In our plastic fantasy

Material world we seldom

Come face to face

With someone’s final seconds,

When it’s violently unexpected

It always leaves you horrifyingly empty,

The young woman on the streets of Iran

The people we never see on our streets

The unseen thousands blasted away

By bombs, missiles, heavy guns, mines,

Far too often of our own making.

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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