Pearl Harbor I
A heedless world implodes beneath the weight
and all the West lies smoldering in flames.
And nay a soul finds shelter from the hate
as dire evil seeks intended aims.
The despot waves of fire and iron roll
upon whomever lies within his path.
The gravity of war has taken toll
and half the globe is swallowed in its wrath.
But darkness slowly circumvents the sphere
to silently perpetuate its will,
and all the light on Earth shall disappear
when warring clouds of infamy instill.
And, as the worlds from East to West collide,
its devastation reaches far and wide.
Its devastation reaches far and wide
as domination permeates the East.
Expansionism slowly magnified
and thus, the animosity increased.
Consensus fails when tolerance erodes
and consequence evolves into constrain.
In due regard diplomacy implodes,
for Nipon pride bows not to scant disdain.
And, as the Giant reprimands the steal
‘tis fast asleep while strategy connives,
for sly retorts undoubtedly conceal
intent until the Rising Sun arrives.
And, from the West aggressions resonate
and to the East, a Giant seals its fate.
And to the East, a Giant seals its fate
as strategy is cloaked in compromise.
‘Tis but a ruse to merely satiate
until the restless Sun begins to rise.
And once aloft the fog of morn conceals
the glaring wings with eyes of vivid red,
though in their sites the dawning light reveals
the summit of Niitaka up ahead.
‘Tis mere deceit when rendering assail
to set the world afire by morning’s wake.
‘Tis foolish pride that tugs the lion’s tail
and weighing not the consequence at stake.
When tora wails, no longer will you hide
as swarms of terror hunt Pacific’s pride.
As swarms of terror hunt Pacific’s pride,
the Giant wakes to greet the dawning day.
It fails to know its morning will collide
with infamy from half a world away.
For as the Sun peaks o’er horizons crest,
the fiery swarms descend on rays of light.
They ferried West upon a buoyant nest
and caught the wind, then stung with all their might.
But all would not be forced to face the ire
when devastation breached the Harbor quay.
Though iron and steel lay victim to the fire,
the Giant’s floating nests were out to sea.
When solitude chose not to play a part,
a stealthy barb impaled the Giant’s heart.
A stealthy barb empaled the Giant’s heart
for ne’er a star perceived a deed so bold.
Such foolery to tender such a start
not knowing if the Giant’s will would fold.
Such arrogance to test its fortitude
without the sustenance to stay the course
or, to negate reprisal’s magnitude
if failing to annihilate its force.
But still you chose to blacken Titan’s eye
by sending retribution to its door.
And, when your malice swept down from the sky
the whole of planet Earth would be at war.
Aggressions, you no longer can ignore
as solitude neglects the Harbor’s door.
Copyright © Mark Massey | Year Posted 2024
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