Moonlight

Do you think that if you see two planes flying in the night sky, they are just doing some simple flying or have some intent. In war, there is no laughter, only pain as their goal. But what if.

Silvery shapes,

dance in the moonlight,

ever so carefully,

ever so deliberately.

 

With the grace of heaven,

they dance along,

with the sounds of the night,

with serious purpose.

 

For what is their reason,

to dance in the moonlight,

is it for love,

or is it for joy?

 

They move quietly,

in the night sky,

with grace of an angel.

they dance in the moonlight.

 

Silver shapes,

intertwining in the moonlight,

as they dance across the sky,

weaving and moving so gracefully.

 

Two objects of metal,

flying through the night sky,

with the grace of a dove,

but the heart of a hawk.

 

For it is not for love,

that they dance through the sky,

but with a single intent,

a purpose of death.

 

The precision of practice,

and the determination of death,

they head for a target,

with but one intent.

 

Missiles lock on target,

fingers posed at the ready,

they steadily close on their objective,

to make it deadly.

 

But something happens,

to change their thoughts,

from thoughts of purpose,

to those of the innocence.

 

Target lock is lost,

as they moved past,

for this is not their purpose,

for it is not their fight.

 

Innocence is spared,

from the evil this night,

for conscious wins out,

on this deadly flight.

 

But soon it may come again,

and the moment questioned,

for that is war,

on a lonely night.

 

One should never harm,

to an innocence in sight,

and go against the might,

of truth’s sword.

Author's Note

I intended not to write this poem this way. But we must all be given a moment to pause and reflect on the actions that we take. For violence is the heart of this poem, not war, and we must take a step back to realize violence does not solve anything.

Reviews

[Honey-Bee]

Nice! So true that last line... of truth's sword!

[Donald]

Thank you for your review. Life has to have some element of truth. And we are accountable for our actions.