lo, and behold

Stemming from my original mission to create 365 poems. A culmination of years past and days present.


22 September 2007

93: A Fair Balance

Focusing on my country's battlecries
as they reconstruct
and deconstruct
an abandoned nation.



One hand reaches
                                   out
                                        to help the
fallen; those "lower lives",
the ones once directed by soulless lies.
Bricks and mortar -- Pass the hammer,
building blocks and infrastructure.

The other holds most vicious attacks
that rival god - the choice of weapon:
Shiny silver pistols enclose shiny silver bullets
The sky is
                   falling -- no, wait it's
                        dropping
                        gifts of death for friend and foe.

It grabs the nation, choking         strangles by the neck
in perfect position.


With one hand floating in the airs of hope
and the other pulling the trigger.