The UN sits and listens, as our country and the world anxiously await vengence. |
One Step Before the Precipice We'd like to stay out Of other's affairs, Like an island isolated above Woe, misfortune, and cares. But the World Trade Center Became more than a dare. Soldiers answered the call, Seeking only what's fair. Daily we are warned by opulent hues. Bush sends soldiers off, Making news, changing views, Attacking the invisible evil Where insurgents destroy their own. Burning the hearts, Souls, Of a few men, And more than a few family units, As human life becomes a toll. The Red Cross flees Their function is found Destroyed without conscience. Human horrors abound. Compassion can't be purchased By the dollar, euro, or pound. Destruction created, irrepressible, Anti-creation of Satanic self-righteous hounds. Those in the occupied country Not swayed by invasion, They have lived the high fee Of the Reaper's persuasion, Normal fear is normal. New fear unpredictable. In the ripples, waves, and wake, From our vigilant worldly lake, Develops a new society of humans: Opaque, Aghast, Perhaps, some ideologically unawake. Berets worn by frogs, And historic German dogs, Bark, undulate, Pacifistic prate, And don't act, Fail in stale debate. While we feel their lack, Dying a few more, A bit more Inside, Every day As another soldier and his buddy Pay. Americans die abroad. The life tolls rise daily, Like Viet Nam before the 1980s. Must history repeat itself? Old military strategy, Doesn't seem to obliterate new guerillas. Unresolved by conventional warfare, The "I do solemnly swear. . . To the best of my ability WILL PRESERVE PROTECT, And DEFEND The Constitution of the United States. . . " Enemies foreign and domestic, Efforts seem to be failing. The majority and Electoral College rule. I submit to the leadership, Without being silenced, Because soldiers fight for free speech, Among other human rights of dignity. I feel we need another direction From inside this difficult contradiction. I feel somewhere leadership is missing In a different kind of National Guard mission. |