Viva Chernobyl!

Among the demographic factors responsible for the depopulation of Belarus (the shortest route between Moscow and the polish border), radiation is number one.

Such power
we brandish
Lulling on,
only our finger tips
We wrap it around
our dreams,
of giant machines and uranium.
The breeze blows in
knowing
singing
false securities,
for we have already tried to
harness the untamable.
Blades of metal
they swing ominously
in the fields across the horizon.

We pretend
not to be pretentious
as the other foot drops
like the dirty rain
a simple mistake,
arrogant assumption.
Save us,
Save us from this.
So this is the time
We close our blind eyes
Because we cannot hide
From pungent air
that burns our insides.
we must have felt it
The modest soil shudder
Under the weight of what has become.

We learn,
So very well
We snub,
The people whose skin
Dissolved like ash.
The beautiful babies born
To suffer
To surrender.
We drink Merlot
Like we drink our gasoline
Push water around
With wheels and walls
And live shrouded in light
We thrive still one our
Brilliant machines
Our little bullets
Waiting,
Rusting,
In the cold chamber.

Author's Note

I think there is much room for improvement here but there is also something I like. The ending is probably the weakest point. It was suggested to me instead of the gun reference I should compare the reactor chamber to a womb. Any thoughts?