Locked, Loaded And Unexploded

The savage in man is never quite eradicated. - Thoreau

somewhere in the nowhere-land of jaded illusion

hidden in deaf, large-leafed trees

where jungle birds incessantly mock

sometime in an invading eternity

when time stops ticking

deep in the grey matter of loneliness and fear

confusion scouts, signals and is here

where clouds rule

rain weeps

and thunder clears its throat in a sinister plot of ambushed entrapment and ripe, raping pilferage

morning takes a profound breath of life

following a night that exhales stagnant death

the war rages in the twisted steel of a rusted, concertina-wired brain

in a thoughtless, unstoppable barrage of automatic, emotional, gunfire

banana clip, bulleted magazines and steel, explosive, soul-stealing pineapples loaded with imprisoned feelings and emotions

too old for trick-or-treat

you hear the whispered click of a landmine's detonator 'neath your weary, unexpecting feet

when you least want a repeat

a fight-to-the-death, sneak attack

where blues turns to black

and craters form from a directionless twister's spinning crack

an advancing army of everything you lack

so remember to step softly

and watch your mind's back

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Author's Note

"What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The confusion of war. I stood with the First Cav. Division on the Iraq border. I believe soldiers don't fear death. They fear the ending. My unit clean-up Death valley in Iraq. Many Iraq soldiers in pieces. They wanted their homes, they called out to wife and mama. War is ugly and messy. Today we fight wars to test weapons. Human life had no value. In Ukraine, Russia and Palestine. Just numbers. Not names. Powerful and worthwhile poetry shared my friend.
Coyote

[Pete]

thanks for sharing. war is a sick concept. i did a stint in the marine corps. thanks for your service so that we can keep trying to live free (if there is such a thing anymore).

[Linda alexander]

It is very hard to believe those same humans who introduced science and technology to the man's benefits and advancements are the same ones taking lives of other humans.

[Pete]

thanks for sharing thoughts Linda. appreciated.

[Sami Khalil]

Human warfare is hard to bear; fight over land, religion, power, greed, superiority, land grab, stolen ideas, false hopes, crazy egos and much more.
How many genocides, massacres, ethnic cleansing had been done by all religions, groups, countries in the name of their God.
Nothing has changed; it is getting worse. Any miscalculation, then hell will break loose in a nuclear exchange. The genie is out folks, so be prepared for the worse.

[Pete]

All starting in the twisted minds and AWOL hearts of man. Putin has threatened nuclear.

[Sami Khalil]

I don't think he is bluffing. He is waiting for the right moment to execute. Goodbye you all.