IN WAITING

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IN WAITING

© 2015 by David Wainland

I have witnessed

sirens wail warnings

windows darkened in fear

I watched as child

mushroom clouds blossom

growing fields of melted lives

I observed

in teenage horror

frozen Korean hills littered with bodies

I heard the wailing

of far eastern jungle deaths

the roar of frustration walking the land

I felt the trembling

saw the dust, heard the moans

when towers fall and nation mourns

I feel in heart

those cries in chaos

rumbling through Paris streets

I pray that

humble people

will reject the hate

I long for

for different world

a lifetime spent waiting