Such A Waste

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Such A Waste

Such a waste

                A fortune on misery

                                Destruction unimaginable

                                                Sophisticated weaponry

                                                                Wasted resources

Such a waste

                Broken families

                                Ruined lives

                                                Mutilated bodies

                                                                Wasted people

Such a waste

                Instead of building

                                Instead of laughter

                                                Instead of improvement

                                                                Wasted hopes

All such a terrible waste.

Opher – 10.10.2023

I watch the news of flattened cities in Ukraine, flattened cities in Gaza, Chechnya, Syria, Iraq, Libya. Of militia groups strutting around. Of broken families tearing through rubble for loved ones. Of homeless refugees. Of multimillion pound weapons. Of children playing in sewage. Of forests flattened. Of burnt-out vehicles. Of massive use of resources. Of huge sums of money spent on defence. Of mutilated bodies. Of revenge and hate.

I imagine the world as if could be if all the money spent on war was spent on peace. The end of poverty, the end of destruction. A bright happy world. We are driven

Zaporzhzhia – Let’s Dice With Nuclear Death

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Let’s dice with nuclear death.

Winning is more important than life.

Who cares about the future

When war’s stupid madness is rife?

For Putin is using blackmail;

Handing out his nuclear threats.

Insanely heading for meltdown.

Telling us Russia would have no regrets.

Zaporzhzhia could be the name we’ll remember

If Putin lets it blow.

He’s using it as a gambling chip,

Unleashing terror just so we’ll know.

He’s offering us a nuclear cloud

Designed to fill us with fear.

Another horrendous Chernobyl

Whose cost would be exceedingly dear.

There is no end to madness

When the powerful lock their horns.

The world becomes a huge chess set

And we’re the expendable pawns.

Opher – 20.8.2022

It is quite apparent that human beings are just exceeding stupid apes. Instead of using our intelligence and resources to build a better world we seem intent on destroying what we have.

The war in Ukraine is a litany of destruction, lives and incredible costs. In the midst of an existential climate crisis we are burning huge amounts of fuel, blowing up everything in sight and even threatening a nuclear holocaust. Is there a shred of intelligence to be found?