destruction

"Japan"

sugar mixed with tea
innocents sleeping tight
paler faces on paler nights

green islands defocusing away
tremors
white earth moving blue
mushroom smokes rising
poison wave and invisible danger
tilt

tea cups turned
innocence denied
forever paledom
genetic curses

the face of destruction
but why?


© Nothing Personal. March 17, 2011.

Author's Note

a sincere hope, things like this do not happen

Reviews

[Siddhartha]

i wish I had the answers my friend...the machinations of him...and the turbulence and destruction...at his whims...the answers i forever ask myself is...but why?

[MissWordSmith]

how is that a poem? man, i'm sorry. those are facts.

[Helen Woodward]

Unfortunately things like this are happening...your poem is spot on accurate.
They could do nothing about the quake, but the leaking nuclear reactor...that's another story, another truth...
Very well written with emphasis in the right places.

[Dushyant Thadani]

I seriously pray for the world, and most specifically for Japan. They have gone through a lot since 1945, and I can't bear to see the destruction and chaos on TV. I just pray to God to make everything normal once again. Great write, and I love the third stanza.

[Coyote Poetry]

Japan is one of the oldest and most beautiful places in the world. I hope and pray Japan will be strong again. The people of Japan are strong and I believe they will overcome. A powerful poem. Japan has honor the world with great knowledge and literature. Their pain is felt by many.
Coyote