We are in Day One of the occupation, having survived the first night; however, in a surprise attack, they employed biological warfare and the defenses are at reduced fighting capacity. Pray for clear skies so we can we wear down their assault capability outside this afternoon!
Life,
natural biological warfare...
Every day is born
the best and the worst,
this is normal...
life, one eternity
friendship, we desire
or not...
In the fight for life,
I'm a poet...
ego, alter,
not exactly me... !
Dr. Robert Neville must take a stand and fight "The Family".
They are a few hundred mutants who operate nocturnally.
Biological warfare has decimated the world's population.
The Family is out to destroy remnants of the old civilization.
These deformed survivors attack Dr. Neville's dwelling each night.
Science and technology are considered culpable for their plight.
A deserted Los Angeles is the battleground for each fight.
If you are wondering how the end of this situation will be,
all you have to do is watch the movie.
Based on the 1971 film "The Omega Man"
I thank imdb.com for valuable information I obtained to write this poem.
The Sky Has Awakened
Storm clouds over head
Thunder beats drums of red
Ancients storm a sacred trail
Nothing colonists can silence or quell
Rain like fire from the sky
Rising up the warrior's cry
Stand your post and hold your breath
Await the day for oppression's death
A new day comes with awakened sense
Greed will have to recompense
Pray to your God to keep you safe
As we take back our Indigenous ways
Mother Earth has had enough
She shakes and purges to rebuff
To free herself from matricide
And governments of apartheid
Make your peace with your deed
Answer to the wolves you feed
Bow your heads and say a prayer
Against your own biological warfare
Prophecies circle back around
Like a clock being unwound
Only the ones who have done harm
Should be the ones who are alarmed
New day rising, new hopes spawned
The awakening has dawned
Beat the drums and sing the songs
Time to undo all the wrongs.
The astute and the dumb are
found on this road we traverse;
the one with goals to set, the other
with no character, interest or talent...
can both coexsist and not clash?
Which one of these two individuals
can survive a biological warfare
without discipline and knowledge?
Most certainly, the one has studied
the activities of the superior minds
that somehow seem invincible to
whatever they encounter on the
battlefield or in the menacing air.
This is not a war between two
mythical gods, Jupiter and Saturn;
who took the side of the courageous
Titans? Today, nobody is immune to
such an Apocalypse event, it may partly
or entirely destroy our unique planet
on any erratic, or maddened moment.
Let the mindful guide the careless
and diverge them from their dramatic fate.
If History is a testament of lies and truth,
can it be meditated by some who are
about to repeat the mistakes of the fools?
The astute will prevail in any given
circumstance, the dumb will be subdued
for his ignorance and imprudence.
I mourn for your passing
for your family
for your friends
for those you held close
but do not mourn for you...
you came to our shores
you came and you lied
lied about your baggage
illegal baggage you bore
within your body...
your baggage was deadly
lethal and contagious...
biological warfare
launched upon our nation
silently exploding...
first target: Lone Star State
close to my home
close to my family
close to my grandchildren
why did you come..
your predecessor: a playboy
who detonated a viral bomb
in a gay bath house
through seduction
why did he come....
he was careless, he was cruel
he was a selfish, silly fool
as were you
as am I
why do I judge...
(I mourn over suffering souls
whose insides turned to mush
a congealed and bloody mush
who writhed in ineffable pain
who mercifully died...)
yes I mourn for your passing
but do not mourn for you...
Biological Warfare
***Epigram***
Wars are fought, prisoners consumed.
Taxes rise to pay the war, our country is in fumes.
Others beliefs forgotten, we stress our beliefs.
Does it matter the lifestyle, we hide underneath.
Bush says it's for sake of terrorism,
I cannot comprehend.
I'm in fear of biological warfare, but to this
he will not bend....
Jared Pickett
5/2006
Asavvy1
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