The Coward

The Coward

Do I see what I think I see

A world gone mad

Terrorized by cowards

Who know nothing more than murder

They are not smart enough to talk

To voice what they want

They hide

Killing women and children

Kidnapping those who no not believe in their god

Killing them by the dozen

I cannot believe what I see

With all of that

The leader of a major country

Afraid to defend the innocents

He uses words to hide the truth

So his people will not panic

So his people will not want to fight

Let him hide in his stone castle

Let him whimper

Smaller countries will defend the people

They will fight the fight

Their man and women will die

Still they will save lives

While a man elected to lead the world cowers

The Broken Soldier

The Broken Soldier

An old man

Over a hundred years old

Laying in a bed

His mind travels back to a time

He lived a life no one had to live

An ANZAC storming the shores of Turkey

An unknown place called Gallipoli

He watched s his friends died on the beach

His brothers died fighting in the trenches

Blood flowing in rivers

Soldiers running across acres of the dead

While officers hide miles away

Sleeping in the wet trench

He cried a tear for every ANZAC who fell

That time affected him

Seeing so much pain and death

He was never again quite right

The boy as gone

All that was left was a broken soldier

With memories he should not have

Even today

A century later

He still remembers

He has shed a billion tears

But when he dies, he will be happy

He will be with his friends and brothers

Once again, laughing and drinking beer in the pub

And he will be happy

The Last Tiger

The Last Tiger

I do not want to die

But I do not want to be the last of my kind

Roaming the jungle

Looking for another

But she is not here

She was killed

Not in an attack

She was killed for greed

Humans jealous of her beauty

Set a trap and walked away

Her foot was caught

As she walked down the path

She struggled and cried

As the wire cut into her leg

Hoping for someone to save her

Her eyes teared

Her growls became mere whispers

It was not a painless death

She suffered beyond reason

For what

For someone to make money

For someone to have a beautiful coat

Or was she killed just for fun

Remember, you will miss her as I do

And you will miss me when my day comes

Especially when your kids ask you a question

When they ask, “What is a tiger”

And all you can say is

“We killed them all”

And then you will change the subject

And you will feel the guilt

I Will Be Their God

I Will Be Their God

I know what you are going to ask

Yes, I am ignoring you

I may be destroying a planet

There may be a baby being born

I may kill thousands of people

Or allow one to live

They may be happy

They may be sad

I have not decided yet

I know a little about their pasts

I am all knowing about their futures

I know what they are going to say

What they are thinking

I decide everything with the stroke of a key

They place me in a zone

Somewhere where I am all alone

Deciding the fate of worlds untold

So, yes, I am ignoring you

At least until the princess is rescued

Only then I can stop typing

Even if just for a little while

For that short time they can be on their own

Then, once again, I will be their god

And I may just let everyone live

At least for today