Let the End begin

Let the End Begin

 

Crawl through my busted window

into a verdant August sunbeam.

Rest your crumbled lumbar on a field

of kneading jointless fingers.

Absorb the misty songs of dewdrops.

Rejuvenate your collapsed veins.

Bloom again; like firework laughter

against a naked purple sky.

 

Wipe teargas from your raisin eyes,

release subdural shrapnel onto gentle cool

winds: a dandelion exhale of ache.

 

Trade explosive hatred for children’s laughter,

happy dog barks and cricket-fiddled choruses.

 

Spit the b*****d hot sands from your tired mouth.

 

Drop eyelid curtains and dream

away the waking nightmare.

 

The war will always be a war.

But, here, we will always be at peace.

 

If the skyline should give birth to burning hailstones,

we will simply become fire,

and refuse to retract our flames

until all weapons are thrown into the sea of stars

and left to float like metal fish

in an airless Heaven.

 

We’ll never touch their makeshift Hell again.

 

Now, come,

and we’ll smoke hand-rolled enlightenment

and catch falling celestial giggles on our tongues.

We’ve earned every precious syllable of an eternal

Pax Americana.

 

Let

      the

            End

begin!

Reviews

[Tommy]

Amen brother! You got me thinking; Man made weapons, and when he didn’t have bullets to shoot, he threw rocks! I think it’s the words that hurt the most, and if we could through ideology into space, the world would be a safer place…

Great Write S.K.!
RLG,
Tommy

[Blue Moon Ice Cream]

I like how you use strong words, yet the meaning of the poem is not hard to find. It's a bit of a slow read due to every line being stacked with image and meaning, but that's not a bad thing if it's done well (and in this case, it certainly is!). I enjoyed just poring over this and soaking in every line.

[theunionisloud]

"Smoke hand-rolled enlightenment and catch falling celestial giggles on our tongues." Loved that line, and the rest of the poem, at that. Maybe I'm so attracted to that line because it stands for hope. But I like to think that any being of humanity who read it would leave pride beside for a moment, fleeting as it may be, to think "...Yeah. Why don't we do that instead?"

[FireWoman]

We really messed things up. Even Dr. Seuss could see it coming. We "evolved" with weapons of mass destruction... for what purpose? nice.

[KAREN]

Yeah, let the end come, if only we'll all get ready for that end. Well done!!

[Ariel B.]

This is really quite memorable:
"Wipe teargas from your raisin eyes,
release subdural shrapnel onto gentle cool
winds: a dandelion exhale of ache."

I like the contrast between so many of the words and themes - Hell, weapons, flames, hot sands and hatred - and the serene feeling of the composition as a whole.

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

War's burnt into the genes of this species. We just can't help ourselves, enlightenment would only lead to new and weird takes on war. Call me an old cynic.

[KimLove "The Beautiful ..]

There are those who can paint an entire picture with just a few words. But no not you... You use the entire dictionary and then some. This piece has quite a message, aw but it hurts my brain to read... and you know I mean that with the upmost respect...lol

[Ruth]

Let the end begin and bring forth the bloody light.....make it happen....we all need to be on the right side - assist the transition from darkness to light!
War has to stop.....but you have said that far better than me just now!
I hear you hon.....loud and clear!
Excellent!
xx

[Tim Lion]

Hell yeah! I hope the end is Near. This damn war needs to die. Too many dead, too many broken....on BOTH SIDES. F**k war!

Let's break out the hand-rolled enlightenment and party!