Before the Bomb:
Look down
Earth
Life
Light
The ball of blue
The home of hope
The garden is good.
After the Bomb:
Prophet purging
Slaughter of lambs
The ball of fire
The home of hell
“I am become death the destroyer of worlds.”
After the fire and into the light:
“We will become one with life the destroyer of death.”
Swords to ploughs
Spears to pruning hooks
The garden to good
No turning back
Way
Truth
Life
Look up
(Written for a Scottish CND poetry contest, 2021)
