Hiroshima happened, Nagasaki happened
No lessons were learnt, no one remembers
How very beautiful crystal clear mornings
Of singing birds, rosy cheeked schoolkids
Grand pa’s on gentle rocking chairs
Grand ma’s sewing woolly sweaters
Were all suddenly so transformed
By the Devils gift of Plutonium
Today we all have our nuclear eggs
Each kept warm by headless chickens
Each worth a hundred Hiroshimas
Fission eggs to fusion eggs
And the doctrine of “omelette” deterrence
But it can happen one fine day
A crazy dictator or a computer mistake
One egg gets airborne in an devious arc
And then you can hear the devils grating laugh
One city will meet the heat of a thousand suns
And the retaliation will be swift and fast
And as once God said, “Let there be light”
He will now say, “Let the fire works begin”!
Galaxies across aliens will watch
The birth of a brand new burning star
Little knowing the intelligence and science that brought
Destruction of a planet and God’s gamble lost
Great poem. Hope and pray your words are heard by those who have their hands on those buttons. Thanks for sharing.
What disturbing words; yet, they could very well come to pass. I hope you are utterly wrong. Einstein said that God doesn't roll dice (He doesn't gamble) I wonder.....
Killing thousands and maiming yet hundreds of thousands, Hiroshima and Nagazaki still continue as seething volcanoes! With much more powerful lethal weapons at our arsenals, the world can be obliterated in a matter of few hours or even seconds! Will anyone of us be left on Earth to write even an elegy, I wonder! (just a comic relief) Enjoyed the poem as well as the notes! !
A powerful write on the horrors of a nuclear catastrophe - - 'Today we all have our nuclear eggs Each kept warm by headless chickens Each worth a hundred Hirosimas Fission eggs to fusion eggs And the doctrine of omelette 'deterrence.
A poem for everyone to take seriously... kudos to the author!
This is a very moving poem and very poignant too given the state of world affairs today.
This is just amazing...and you do make me fear that we assume far too much when we convince ourselves that those in charge of such destructive forces are either infallible or know exactly what they're doing. A brilliant poem.
You have described the horror of a nuclear catastrophe in powerful words. Great write.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Mind blowing and awareness stirring poem dear Sir! Hats off to such message oriented read!