Enola Gay

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 in the score 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