Hiroshima - Nagasaki 1
On that day in Aug 1945
Bomber over the city that's very much alive
Nervous crew, cloudy day
Pilots instructions, open bomb bay
The words above as the pilot said
What happens next the world dreads
The catch releases as Little Boy goes
Are they really enemies, are they really foes
As he lands without a sound
As he plummets into Japanese ground
As he ignites his awesome power
As he sprays his atomic shower
An eternity clears in hours I hear
No city which once was here
Where are the people, no where near
In Oppenheimer, do I detect a tear
If that's the worst the USA tells
Nagasaki is next as the death toll swells
Lo and behold that day has come
The second city is indeed gunned down
This Uranium gem as the Yanks declared
Our troops at war will all be spared
Not to think of the Japanese folks
Who in Atomic ruin, their lives soaked
Buildings gone where they once were
Populations vaporised without a care
This mushroom shape will shadow ever
This day in history will never sever
The following day as I look around
A bustling city which has no sound
I stand here bleeding, burns and sores
Skin dripping, family torn
All around me broken burning shapes
Trying to make sense of what this all makes
What could have created such destruction as this
On this city where yesterday was bliss
As I limp down my street, deathly imaged spree
Shadows of neighbours I will never see
Silhouetted in shape in many forms
Is this my world now its not the norm
Weeks have passed as I start to feel ill
Once I was ten now I feel nil
Bodily sores, lacerations and boils
My human life now entering its toil
As I look to the sky some birds still soar
Those lovely doves I will see no more
As my life fades, my eyes gently close
Should anyone receive those blows
Now I'm gone as I look down, once a city now no more a town
Once were dots all running around
Most are gone blown from our ground
Where mediation was never met, discussions were never said
Two cities many dead
( Lyrics by Queen )
Teo torriatte konomama iko
Aisuruhito yo
Shizukana yoi nir, Hikario tomoshi
Itoshiki oshieo idaki
Let us cling together as the years go by
Oh my love, my love
In the quiet of the night
Let our candle always burn
Let us never lose the lessons we have learned
Are our lessons learnt, time will tell
Berlin Wall, barriers fell
Is it a start or a start to come
Is this human race always on the run
We need to look, and look around
No more we hear that whistling sound
Its seems to be a more silent kill
Typical human, in its typical will.
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-2.php
Copyright © James Fraser | Year Posted 2009
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