a thousand deaths (renga)

 

Inspired by this disturbing video at Mindlovemiserysmenagerie,   Tale Weaver# 26 

 

Metallica - One [Official Music Video]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be a man
he said
yes, Father

 

right, left, right, left,right
attention!, aim, fire

 

be a man
he said,
yes, Sergeant

 

peacekeeper or warrior
protecting and killing

 

never-ending
causes for democracy
wrapped in bloodstained cloths

 

end of tour of duty
safely on home turf

 

only innocents
feel the safety
civilians

 

how he yearns for safety
turning back the clock

 

nightmares, flashbacks
a thousand deaths each day
deathrow

 

© Tournesol

Bones (senryû)

 

 

Prompt: Bones

Bones 

wildflowers

emerald blankets covering

beds of bones 
 

*

beds of bones

sounds of wailing children

haunting the night

 

* 

haunting the night

smell of death and venom

barbarians’ breath

 

© Tournesol '14

 

Posted by Cheryl-Lynn Roberts, 2014/08/19

 

 

 

Life as you see it (senryû)

Life as you see it
may not be in my
line of vision.

 

don’t see eye to eye
differences of opinion
just a different lens

 

why must you argue
over and over and
over again?

 

wars have erupted
for far much more
and much less
what are you waiting for?
mediate for peace now

 

love, hate, greed
trigger some form of hell
we can all avoid.

 

© Clr - Tournesol `14/08/17

Don't weep for me

© Clr '14

where are the children,

with carriers of white wings,

no longer weep

~

don't weep for me

see, I float on lofty clouds

I got my wings!

© Tournesol '14

Inspired by Wings at Mark M. Redfearn

Nirvana (senryû)

taking back the night

women in Jammu and Kashmir

paradise

 

child soldiers rescued

play in the streets as youths should

paradise

 

 

chronic pain abates

soaking in a hot tu

paradise

 

 

feeling lightheaded

emotional pain no more

nirvana

 

(c) Tournesol '14

Justice for youths (Haiku Horizons)

child abuse
rape, violence, incest,
reduced sentence!

 

children`s rights
we smugly shout“Youth Justice”
we whisper, “denied”

 

children crying
bellies empty, hurting
landfills of waste

 

child soldiers
fighting wars of their fathers
lost childhood

 

lost childhood
never reaching puberty
youths’ injustice

 

youths’ injustice
adults’ failing our young
justice for youths - FAILED 

 

© Tournesol '14/08/04

Submitted for  Haiku Horizons "Justice"