The bomb-shells roaring overhead
Nixon-Churchill playing dice
Another female disrobed
Divine weapons clash in the sky
Politics, covert, honour, death
Manipulated tools move in silence
Fools they are
Tools of a lost cause
The foolish king, the foolish father
A cunning politician
Live transmission of ancient TV
Fires erupt in Titanomachia
Shuddering silence – Gaia cries
Throws up umbilical noose
Her daughter climbs down
Her sons are becoming men
Badly thrashed, the place runs awry
Pleading eyes silenced with guns
20 Years passed – dazed horror of her eyes
We change the channels – and forget
The story is now censored
The rape of Lucrece
History we manipulated
The embers glow again
We change the channels – "an forget"
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Live Transmission of ancient TV - good one!
This poem seems to be transcending time, cultures and thoughts. :)
@ Pranay -
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I have drawn mythlogical parallels (like Dhritrshtra and Sanjay), etc - well guessed brother.