When it was over
the guns were in our hands,
when it was over
our tanks were in their lands.
When it became history
the markets redrew our graphs,
when it became history
our media moguls wrote their epitaphs.
When war was still a raging
the dead inflamed our hate,
when war was still a raging
Our mercy came too late.
I was born in the Eighties in the Amsterdam Suburbs.
We created a bubble for ourselves.
The adults/grownups said: 'Enjoy it while it lasts, for war will surely come again.'
Then 9/11 happened, the War on Terror(ism). And we forgot about 'The Inconvenient Truth' of Climate Change Crisis.
Until all the strawmen were burning (metaphorically)....
or aren't we?
Landi Cruz
Sun 15th Jun 2025 16:21
The reflection after observing the momentum of events is very affecting.
Just an afterthought but the title of the Lou Reed song feels very relevant to these times in which we live with so many voices telling us what to think about what we observe. I mean, critical thinking requires recognition of the tools of rhetoric, yet we seem to be more encouraged toward hasty judgement than careful analysis.
Thank you Ray,
I appreciate your reading...goodness knows what I mean.
Maybe for your entertainment watch my video.
Thanks again,
David xx
Enjoyed the read.
the markets redrew our graphs, - I'm not quite sure what you're meaning there. I wondered about something like
When it became history
we saw the real photographs.
Just a thought.,
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David RL Moore
Mon 16th Jun 2025 16:04
Thanks Landi and Auracle,
When 9/11 happened I was deploying to Kosovo on a six month tour of duty, we were still cleaning up the mess General Wesley-Clark had managed to make. Still there is fall out from that.
After that I went straight to what we call the "Sand Pit" to engage in further misery the fallout for which we are still suffering...the endless war continues.
I had made a video recording of this reading in an attempt to try and untangle my thoughts on this. All I managed to do was manifest my own confusion, I deleted it to save further embarrassment.
Thanks also to all those who have taken time to read and send likes.
David RL Moore
PS, To @RayMiller the line you offered is better than my original, thanks for that, much appreciated.