WAR

WAR

Wretchedly preparing for death

Arming themselves with Molotov Cocktails

Resigning themselves to horror

Wrestling land from the hands of patriots

Acting as brutal occupying forces

Rolling tanks across other peoples’ land

Welcoming invaders with fury

Attacking them with blind hate

Repelling advances with unleashed passion

Wondering why they were being lied to

Aghast at the reactions of the defenders

Reeling from the ferocity of the response

Wholeheartedly determined to fight or die

Aggressively throwing themselves into action

Raging with incandescent fury

Waging war with the lies of Putin

An army of confused conscripts

Reluctant to attack their friends

Opher 2.3.2022

There is nothing positive anyone can say about war.

The loss of life, destroyed lives, losses, injury, the permanent trauma, environmental catastrophe and cost.

War is run by madmen for power, for gain.

Everyone pays the price.

Those who wage war are monsters!!!

Chris Riddell – Putin’s tracks are falling apart!!

The death of a superpower!!

Perhaps we have a chance of bringing Russia in from the cold and into the fold?? But I doubt it. We are far too stupid for that. We prefer war. People can make more money out of it.

Thanks John Peachey!!

Body Bags

Body Bags

Hundreds of body bags loaded onto planes;

                Billions of roubles explode;

Thousands of families tear apart their brains;

Psychotic masters unload.

Greed and power distort their world view

                As paranoia bites deep.

The dead are just numbers

                It won’t disturb their sleep.

Two million years of evolution

                And still we’re insane.

Five thousand years of civilisation

                Blown down the drain.

They sit inside their war room

                Plotting their games.

Throwing everlasting gloom

                As they stake their claims.

These are the madmen

                That we place in power –

Psychotic sad men

                Who turn the whole world sour!

As the body bags pile up

                We never seem to learn.

Sipping from the devil’s cup

                We watch the world burn.

Opher – 26.2.2022

It’s our own fault. We support this warmongering system. We place these narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths in place. We demand action. We like ‘strong men’. We see things in black and white. We always think it is good to be strong.

We have a love of fascism.

We elect he likes of Trump, Bolsonaro, Putin and Johnson.

We like violence.

It’s time we really became civilised and stopped being primitive apes. It’s time we elected sane people!!

Ruining Tomorrow

Ruining Tomorrow

Taking land

                With blood and terror

Tanks and missiles

                Putin’s error.

World watches

                Disbelief and horror

Destroying today

                Ruining tomorrow!

Opher 25.2.2022

Will the world all come together to condemn this horror or will certain nations just shake their heads or watch with glee?

Is violence and terror always going to be a part of humanity’s repertoire? Are we just cruel and psychotic?

Build Them Up

Build Them Up

Build them up

                Knock them down

Village, city

                House and town

Human beings

                Primitive apes

Psychotic minds

                No escapes

Huge expense

                Complete waste

Madness reigns

                Dangers faced

Shells fired

                Bombs dropped

Bullets fly

                Insults swapped

Lies spoken

                Power struggle

Lives lost

                Families broken

Build them up

                Knock them down

Village, city

                House and town

Opher 22.2.2022

There is a major flaw in human nature. We are forever at war. We always think it’s the easy solution. We have to assert ourselves violently.

We elect belligerent leaders.

We like inflicting pain.

We think violence is alright.

Periodically we destroy each other and ourselves.

Just think what a world we could build if all the money spent on this endless war machine was spent on education and eradicating poverty. Just think.

This is madness.

There is no excuse.

This is really madness.

We build things up and we destroy them.

We terrify each other and traumatise generations.

There can be no excuse.

It is madness.

War

War

War

                Madness of man

War

                Cycle of ruin

War

                Fire in the pan

War

                Trouble brewing

War

                Political chess

War

                People as pawns

War

                Terrible mess

War

                Locking horns

War

                Destruction, death

War

                Terror, horror

War

                Hell’s breath

War

                Steals tomorrow

Opher 22.2.2022

As we move to war in Ukraine we have to question the sanity of all mankind.

Greed, lust for power and this craving for violence permeate our being.

Civilisation??? A great idea!! Still a long way off.

Lerwick – The Fortress

It is a sad reflection on the whole of humanity that anywhere you go around the world you find fortresses. The whole history of humanity is one of fear, aggression and violence. It’s universal. Human beings are vicious animals.

Putin’s war in Ukraine shouldn’t surprise us at all. The fact that we’ve had peace in Europe for so long is the real surprise. We conveniently blot out all the other wars going on around the world – Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Myanmar and Ethiopia. They’ve had their 5 minutes. Move on. Nothing to see.

Then there’s Afghanistan and Iraq, Libya.

A few years back I visited Vietnam and Cambodia – places that we tried to flatten not so long ago. Now a tourist destination.

War is madness.

War is normal (for us).

War

War.

Down the ages,

                Every race,

                                Every nation,

                                                Every tribe,

Has fought,

                Waged war,

                                And died.

History littered

                With forts,

                                Castles

                                                And citadels.

Graveyards

                Crammed

                                With crosses

                                                And tombs.

Nations bled dry

                By cost

                                Loss

                                                And defence.

Cities burnt,

                Pillaged,

                                Flattened

                                                And destroyed.

People tortured,

                Maimed,

                                Starved

                                                And traumatised.

Madness from a genetic flaw.

Opher 22.1.2022

There is no hope for us as a species. We are all imbued with this lust for violence, this yearning for power and greed for more.

Instead of love we are ensnared in hate, petty tribalism and a sense of superiority. We have to impose our views on others.

There is no hope.

What a wonderful world………

What a wonderful world………

Taiwan – What next?

We’ve had Russia exploding with the threat of nuclear holocaust, now we have China looming as a nuclear threat.

Are all human beings just too mad to survive? We seem hellbent on violence, war, threats and competition!!

Can you imagine a world without barriers, tribes, races, religions and belligerence? A world built on cooperation, equality and trust. A world not run by greed and the lust for power. What a wonderful world it could be!