Two Minutes To Midnight

Two Minutes to Midnight What are your intentions Sir, its important that I know? The World is close to Midnight, only two minutes to go. Remember empty promises to keep us safe and free, Words of retaliation, serve no one, wouldn’t you agree. It’s no good building bridges, just to knock them down, Capitalists will also perish, when seeds of war are sown. Be the greater Man, leave out your pompous rhetoric, World’s present isn’t dead, but it may be a little sick. A Trojan Horse is not the way, a strategy doomed to fail, Talk with counterparts; alone you’re anaemic and pale. Be a great ambassador, don’t leave us on the outside, Say no to war, be the bigger man, stand tall with pride. The future is in your hands, if only for four short years, Consider the fate of Man, don’t leave us dead or in tears. For Roberts 8 word challenge contest Poem written in Sonnet form 8/3/18