Bad news

There are many bad news. One of the worse is the announcement that war has broken out. But in the end news is a message and its important how we act upon them...

I felt it

long before it came

you don't deliver news personally

unless it's a bad news

 

I remember it very well

the hurried steps

the muffled voices

and finally

 

the knock on the doors

Knock! Knock!

Then enters

a dark face

 

is it his or mine

I can not tell

there are so a same

clothed in silence

 

then words come

every word so dark

every word so sad

every word piercing my hearth

 

silence again engulfs us

the messenger waiting

waiting for my response

I give none

 

then he demands knowledge

of what is to be done

what is he to do

with such a news

 

I stay silent

as I have not the answer

although I knew for a long time

that this message will one day arrive

 

the power to move worlds

the power to destroy worlds

the power to write history

the power to make difference

 

I have those powers

those terrifying powers

but they are not mine alone

and I dare not to use them

 

the thought of it makes me shiver

using it haunts me in my sleep

to call upon it is tabu

yet we live in extraordinary times

 

the power is my family and my ship

my beloved friends

my home among the stars

that's why it's so strong

 

yet the news is grim

if I do nothing

many will be lost

same when I act

 

great leaders of history

how have you dealt

with such horrible moments

with such bad news

 

the scream of destruction

the silence of death

the drumbeat of war

dum, dum, dum