What Would You Do.

Big fat guy sucking a ciggie

Pushing a pram

Will he be around for his next birthday

Does he give a damn

Young kid wearing a suicide vest

Full of hate

What's his fate

Sees his mother as he pushes the button

Is it too late

Young girl in the clinic

Time not right

Life to lead

Her body

You have to concede

The Soldier on the screen

Sees the target

Surrounded by children

Is it a moral dilemma

The few for the many

Is it his duty

Does he walk away

They all walk down the same street

Don’t meet

But united in the universe of time

Life will go on

It always will

Actions have consequences

What would you do.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

You've selected some of the hardest decisions people can make & set them up with simplicity so the reader can take it from there. You don't even need to ask "what would you do" as each stanza has this question silently begging the reader. Still, it's a good wrap-up question to pull your list of examples together into a thought-provoking read. Well crafted!

[Paul Bell]

Yeah it is a tough one. That's why i left it to better people than me.

[Marina]

Sometimes being human is just all too painful. Cheers for the small moments that make us forget that.

[Paul Bell]

Life is still great no matter what they tell you.
If you're breathing, you're living. Writing your masterpiece.

[Valentine]

Walk a mile in my shoes before you decide what you would do in each case. If you did your decisions might change. Valentine

[Paul Bell]

You may well be right Kathie.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Boy, you sure ask the hardest questions!I'd probably cry for these people, my empathy leads me there first.they are oblivious to the nature of their choices...or that there is even a choice. I've learned that at most of these times the pain is so real and intense that they no longer feel human or feel too human an choice inst even in the scope of comprehension. This is a multi step adventure that takes levels of review!shoulda stopped in on mental monday...tears is all I got today

[Paul Bell]

You are so right. They're oblivious to that period in time. Not like in war, where you can anticipate certain actions. You dry the tears Queenie. Life is for living.

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Hell who knows....they've all arrived 'there' for some reason that is perfectly sound in their mind...powerful, thought provoking. Rad poem Paul.
Starz x

[Paul Bell]

The Monday thinking poem.
Or where did the weekend go.

[Gee]

Puff, explode, abort, shoot, who knows eh? probably all four if in their shoes I was a walkin'........

[Paul Bell]

Yeah you may just be right.