DEAD SILENCE
THERE WAS A PHENOMENON
REPORTED BY THE SURVIVORS
OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN
IT WAS
THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE
BETWEEN THE FLASH OF THE BOMB EXPLODING
AND THE DESTRUCTION THAT FOLLOWED
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND SOUND
LIKE LIGHTENING AND THUNDER
DEAD SILENCE
BUT DID NOT GOD CRY OUT
CREATION
MY CREATION
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
TO MY CREATION
I HAVE NO ARGUMENT
WITH THOSE
WHO SAY THE BOMBING WAS NECESSARY
AFTER THE ISLAND HOPPING
TARAWA
SAIPAN
IWO JIMA
AND OTHERS
WHERE OUR LOSSES
ALMOST EQUALED
THE JAPANESE
AFTER BEING IN JAPAN
WITH ITS MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHY
AND A PEOPLE DEDICATED TO THE EMPEROR
AND COUNTRY
AGAINST THE WORLD’S BEST DEFENSIVE FIGHTER
INVASION BY OUR FORCES
WOULD HAVE BEEN A SUICIDE MISSION
FOR THEM
NO
MY THOUGHTS HAVE TO DO WITH THE AFTEREFFECTS
WE ARE TOLD TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES
I KNOW I’M NOT THE BEST SPOKESMAN FOR THAT IDEA
I WANT TO SAY
THEY STARTED IT
JESUS SAYS FORGIVE
RATHER HE SAYS
DO NOT REJOICE
AT THE DEATH OF YOUR FOE
LET YOUR HEART BE SAD
THAT THERE HAS TO BE DEATH AT ALL
FRIEND OR FOE
SO MANY CHOICES IN LIFE
ARE BETWEEN TWO EVILS
I FEEL POWERLESS
IN GOD’S DICTUM
LOVE
I PRAY THAT I MAY BE FORGIVING
AS A START
THERE WAS A PHENOMENON
REPORTED BY THE SURVIVORS
OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN
IT WAS
THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE
BETWEEN THE FLASH OF THE BOMB EXPLODING
AND THE DESTRUCTION THAT FOLLOWED
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND SOUND
LIKE LIGHTENING AND THUNDER
DEAD SILENCE
BUT DID NOT GOD CRY OUT
CREATION
MY CREATION
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
TO MY CREATION
FRANK A VOLLMER
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