This Sleeping Town

A bomb drops on a sleeping town

And though

It may not make a sound

The death

It brings makes mince of things

And turns what’s forward, straight around

A mother cries, and hides her son

She does

Not know where she can run

The sirens

Blare, as do the guns

This will become a hallowed ground

War it is, this sleeping town

The whistles

Blow, so clear and loud

The signs and lines are drawn, they’re in

Awaiting, now

A world, ne’er found

Some day perhaps, some day might be

A pacifist

Epiphany

I do not dare ponder just where

It might be true

With peace, abound


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