Inhale, inhale, breathe Exhale, exhale, breathe Radiation Iran, Iran Radiation I ran away But like a dog Radiation followed U.S. corporatocracy, the dog Infested with rabies Hegemony froths from the mouth Exploitation leaks out U.S. corporatocracy, the dog Nuclear warfare America, America Plan is clear Bombs be Nuclear I want to fill my lungs With tobacco smoke Marijuana smoke Salvia smoke Native American peace pipe smoke Peace, peace Yea, peace But no space available Lungs maxed out Radiation, radiation Gasp, gasp Try to catch your breath But it’s a balloon floating up and about Up, up and away to: Clouds of chaos Sunshine can’t cut through Dark mushrooms smear the sky Edible or not Feast on the human skin-fry Melting pot, melting pot Not melting anymore But burned, charred; flesh to rot Bones seed the soil, Ashamed is the moon, The planets and the stars "POP!" Screamed the balloon Last breath Wheeze, wheeze You wish it was Asthma Heave, heave It’s your last breath On this polluted earth It’s our mother’s last breath Humans, Branches on the tree of life Humans, Killing each other, It’s the birth Of our death Now, we are… Humans, Branches on the tree of suicide First Japan Now the world High or low tide Dead bodies surf the tide Infants, young, and old Sand the waters Beating hearts silent Human skin cold First Japan Last, the world End of women and man No longer isolated Chernobyl But like poverty, violence, division It's widespread and global Israel, Iran, America, China, We ran, Iraq, Afghanistan, We ran Russia, Palestine, Syria We ran India, N. Korea, Sudan We ran But we can’t… We can’t… No country is safe Profit, power, greed Monetary system unsafe Earth shall bleed Inhale. Exhale Radiation Plan is clear Bombs be Nuclear U.S. corporatocracy, the dog Infested with rabies Hegemony froths from the mouth Exploitation leaks out U.S. corporatocracy The dog… The dog…
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Very dark. These are the same sentiments I felt when I was in high school and college, at the height of the cold war. Sad that things haven’t changed!
Hopefully the tide will turn and in 20 years from now this won’t be seen as a normality.
Brrrrr, scary and yet probably so near. Too bad our governments never read anything like this, it seems … Or may be they are too hypnotized by their hopes of reelection, which is all that matters, isn’t it ? When you see what they make of our planet you wonder if they like their children and grand children … No doubt they’ll pay for it some day, but so shall we.
Well said Agnes. You would think they are aware of this but for many of them it seems that all that matters is themselves and immediate families.