Not For Me
Not for me the trauma of shattered mind
Or blown off limbs.
Not for me a life ruined
Family and friends dead
Or for meagre rations queuing
As aspiration dims.
Not for me the constant terror
Waiting for the missile blast.
I’ve lived a privileged life
And I want it to last.
So I’ll support the UN
And the EU too.
Both far from perfect
But I think they’ll do.
I’ll work for a unified world
In which petty nationalism has been expelled.
For I know that in talk and trade
Better relationships are made.
Opher – 30.9.2019