Enola Gay Poem by Paul Warren

It makes you wonder what would have been that day
If the Enola Gay didn't fly to Hiroshima to blast it away
Would the Japanese have surrendered
Before the Russians joined the war as they intended

It might have meant that the Russians would invade
Japan and as their influence there wouldn't fade
And perhaps it would mean that further casualties would occur
As the World War carried on to the final curtain of the war

When Japanese honour was at stake in their hour to defend
Perhaps the Atom Bomb was needed to shock them in the end
But I keep wondering if this Bomb contributed to the Cold War
We will never find out these alternatives in the World score.

© Paul Warren Poetry