Sarin Dripping Skies

A nursery rhyme

         Sarin dripping skies
    Phosphoric clouds float by
   Choking lungs bleeding gums
     and blinding burning eyes
 Death sings her tortured melodies
       of genocidal tragedies
 one last breath of sudden death
     and all the children die 

Author's Note

Sarin is a chemical agent
Phosphorus is highly flammable

Reviews

[Monatora]

Down in the comments I saw you compare this work with Ring Around The Rosies. I think that is a brilliant comparison. The poem uses the rhythm and style of a nursery rhyme coupled with ominous and dark lines. The effect is perfectly unsettling.

[Tai Ryens]

Keep it blunt and heartbreaking, keep to the truth. People need to know.

[Baby Ricochet]

They do. Thanks Tai

[Seamstress]

Oh look another one we will be singing to our wee ones in the years to come. Why is it all the good nursery rhymes come from death?

[Baby Ricochet]

Ring around the rosy 21st century style

[Seamstress]

Most definitely.

[Muse]

And now the big U.S. of A gets to show the world who's boss again.

[Baby Ricochet]

It's a tricky political situation for Obama and no matter what happens the Syrian people are going to pay for it with their blood and children. It just plain sucks no matter what happens

[dw817]

⊰ℛℛ⊱
For the safety of our dear readers, I can assure you it is not in our atmosphere today.
As for lethality, Rico is not just blowing smoke, poisonous or otherwise. At 500 times more powerful than cyanide, it is a devastating chemical warfare weapon, and YES it was used for this very evil thing.

In 1950, NATO (founded to protect Europe from the Soviets in 1948) adopted Sarin as a standard chemical weapon. Sick sick men used these, people !

This is one cry from the masses for the absolute and utter stupidity of war. Death surrounds it, engulfs it, and buries you in the ground with it, painfully, horribly, and in dying anguish. For a war none of us ever wanted.

Nothing good comes from war ─ except it's ending ...

[Baby Ricochet]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[dw817]

We will find peace, or die trying, Rico. There are no other options open to us, and - ultimately it is not even by our choice.
http://gg.gg/gedz

[Rob Santana]

Strong and truthful words to a very sad and destructive situation. Well written Baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you creeper

[Inda]

Hell of a nursery rhyme! Fantastically dark!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you inda

[Shivam Murari]

soclear through the Sarin! The photo acts like a strong skeleton for the poem! Nice work!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you shivam. It's good to hear from you

[Raya]

Hmmmm. It is so creepy yet intriguing. Me Gusta!! :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you raya