The zephyr’s
warmth chills to a frosty blue
the fragility’s
there for all to see;
war
words in the game of diplomacy:
politicians
talk for the populous
and
now, escalation, incredulous!
And
there, lost within a volley of words
hides
a greying truth, a boil laced with lies
and the
tears will fall under cloudy skies.
How many
will die beneath darkened skies?
Julian Clarke © 2018
Beautiful and very timely.
ReplyDelete"The zephyr’s warmth chills to a frosty blue the fragility’s there for all to see".. this is so powerful!
ReplyDeletea dystopian future you have brought to our attention with such clarity Julian - before then we will be snowed under in cliches and a playground war of words from our defence minister!
ReplyDeleteThere are some warning rumblings coming from all over the world today. I hope it is mostly just the sound of saber rattling and not the true thunder of an unavoidable storm.
ReplyDeleteThe contradiction portrayed by the last line of your first stanza says it all.
ReplyDeletelike the repetition of the darkened skies.. asks a timely question!
ReplyDeleteIndeed political talk, talk, talk only leads to more death and no solutions...strong, visceral words in this but much needed!
ReplyDeleteI take it you are referring to the Russian situation in the UK. We live in a dangerous world and politicians do not seem to be expressing the wishes of the people. In your avatar you look pretty chilled out playing your guitar.
ReplyDeletein your straw hat..Maybe that is the best space to be in ...in a world gone mad:)
Hi Rall', thankyou for your comment and as always much appreciated. There's always a chilled space under my straw hat.
DeleteI wonder why the sky almost always seems dark... maybe it's just for politicians to shine brighter... look at the side and you will see that the dawn is near
ReplyDeleteI like your philosophy, Bjorn.
DeleteIndeed Julian, and how we worry of what could be.
DeleteIf you are alluding to Russia and the UK - a strong response had to be made, lest we show ourselves as vulnerable to/accepting of, the dangerous games of Putin and his ilk.
Let us hope it ends with sabre-rattling...(and we did need to rattle.)
Anna
Yes. Exactly. "War words" and "diplomacy" dont go together very well, do they? I, too, am incredulous at just how horrible this is, and how the governmental body allows it to continue. Not just allows, but fans the flames. Well, now we know what a strong republican government looks like and it is a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, the current situation around us. Very rightly said !
ReplyDeleteYour poem echoes my sentiments! Politicians talk for the populous indeed, and it amazes me how many believe the volley of words that spew forth! Excellent and timely poem.
ReplyDeleteYour dystopian report is fitting in today's political chess game
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my Sunday Standard today Julian
Much🌼love
Wow! Such form! And in it such thunder: "fragility’s there for all to see;
ReplyDeletewar words in the game of diplomacy." Send it to the White House!
Clearly a Dark Horizon...
ReplyDeleteZQ
Doom looming. Good questions. Prophetic.
ReplyDeleteI think I would like to go and bury my head in the sand now, please.
ReplyDeleteah, these uncertain times. not much seems to be playing out right.
ReplyDeletebut let's be hopeful.
Timely. Topical. Elegantly said. Excellent!
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