Car Bombs

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Antitank rockets
used as car bombs
had a distinct sound
like Allah's hammer
smashing the ground
Not like C4
Or antitank mines
Not like those kind
Explosions and rounds
had different sounds
Airstrikes were different
they were your guys
even when they landed
really close by
rattle your head
beat up your brain
concussions a plenty
 ruptured ear veins

The women they wailed
It was a cultural thing
expressing their grief
What America brings
It was f*****g unnerving
I tell you no lies
You wanted to shoot them
You want them to die
It was hard to feel sorry
They were killing Marines
We shouldn't have been there
but that meant nothing
It was us verses them
it was basic as f**k
we had the one up
they were s**t out of luck
We got to leave
They had to stay
I'm mostly indifferent
I'm coping that way
Cherish your moments
Cherish your dreams
life is precarious
not what it seems
You have no clue
how lucky you are
to live in a world
with no car bombs

 

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"life is precarious
not what it seems
You have no clue
how lucky you are
to live in a world
with no car bombs "

This was a powerful write and so commendable. You have a great heart of compassion and understanding. It is all sad what is going on in so many countries. Thank you for raising this awareness and the sad truth about the human sorry state in our modern times...:)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you sami

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Joyce S. Greene]

I, for one, know exactly how lucky we are right now. But we have to work at ensuring we stay lucky - after all - everyone remembers the vivid pictures of NY, NY on 9/11. We weren't so lucky that day and God forbid we ever have to see pictures like that again. On that day the women did not wear burkas but their faces looked at lot like the faces of the women in your photo. Thanks for reminding us, BR, we must never forget!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Joyce

[icelandicblue]

WOW. Just wow...how horrendous and you are absolutely right, we are lucky.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Blue

[Rita L. Sev]

Mark, the realities you have described are heartbreaking, and do remind me to be grateful... You bring us right into it, and then lead us to the comforts of home...

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rita

[Relic]

I think it's only a matter of time before we start seeing them here. One almost went off in times square in N.Y a couple of years back. I used to get in to see concerts right near the same corner so I walked that way many times. I'm sure it won't be with the same frequency as you see in the middle east but I think it's only a matter of time. The world is not getting any safer or better. Good poem Ric.

[Baby Ricochet]

Timothy Mc'viegh used a huge car bomb on the federal building in Oklahoma City. The first wtc attack was a car bomb as well. There's no doubt there will be more but they will be isolated incidents. The American way of mass murder seems to be shooting sprees.

[Marie]

Actually I do consider myself lucky to live in a world without car bombs.

[Baby Ricochet]

A blessing worth counting for sure

[Gaurav Walia]

I hope and pray that such Violence STOPS soon. Very Well Illustrated piece, BR... :D

[Baby Ricochet]

So do l my friend. So do I

[Chris]

oh man...this thing REQUIRES 25 chars... when "Oh man..." is really all I'm saying

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for stopping by Chris

[Dye]

Powerful image and poem here Baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you dye

[Jack...]

We are fortunate, though many would think otherwise...those we call, idiots. Nice one my friend.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you jack