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The mind of a bomber

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I’m here, with you all, for just one purpose 

I’m loathed to abandon that purpose now.

I promise that tomorrow we’ll all be immortal

There is no other scenario I can allow

You’ll never understand just how I'm feeling

You’re indifferent both to mine and your own beliefs

Asleep, I dream my descendants are weeping,

Each morning, I wake, yearning quiet relief.

I understand your crying, the reasons you plead

In your place, I’d possibly be screaming too

It’s useless though, your gods won’t intercede

They are vacuous, unavailing and untrue

Even little dutch-boys can't stem this timer's sand

The moment for turning back has passed

Remember the words of Robert Oppenheimer,

"It’ll all be over in one heated bright blast”.

You may believe I'm on the road to perdition

you’re hoping your heroes are on the way

But this is not some Die Hard sequel

This is your afterlife's induction day 

I’m uninterested in your constant beseeching

There’s no point begging for life anymore

I’m honouring my paramount commitment

My personal Jihad, my own private war.

Those of you that want, should start praying 

Non believers, need not, I assume

I need only to release this finger trigger

And we will …………………………..

……………………………………BOOM

‘There’s no one left alive in the room’

◄ Does anyone care?

Unsure in love ►

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Hélène

Sat 11th Mar 2023 14:47

Wow. In the understanding of others who are worlds apart from us, can come healing. Thanks for this powerful poem, which I interpret as a prayer.

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