Reflection on Pearl Harbour

by Alexande Stingl - Not entered



Crackling sounds from the 1940 radio,
a drama playing live on air,
a plot with no escape, nowhere to go,
at times like Pearl Harbour it does seem so unfair,
Like a ship in harbour, a fish in a bottle,
like a dancer or a pin-up, like cattle,
a drama live on air, a picture-book of history.
Views from the horizon, dreams in folded space,
so much room without any place.
From the distance, no connection,
a missing link, no more worry,
searching for conception,
lost in a Pandora's box,
telling fear from glory on a photograph,
telling by the looks,
every face with a written epitaph,
faces and no names ,
lost in the wars, the mightys' games.
A reflection on Pearl Harbour.

27.9.1997 Alexander Stingl 
Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-06-14 16:59:02
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:40:20
Poem ID: 49892

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