obliteRated x

by Roberto Lavidez

trial of strength

and clash of wills

the price to pay

is too high

for the meaningless

drama on the stage

of history

infused by

the metaphors

of war

in the overall

repertoire

of humanity

governed by

the trinity

of people

state and army

a political tower

of Babel

reaches triggering

thresholds

everything human

seems suddenly

obliterated

in a scream

like living inside a

vacuum from which

the air is being

pumped out

by empty talk

of anxious souls

between sunup and

sundown

dreamers filled

with naïve

enthusiasms

amidst worldwide

collapse of

ecosystems

nihilists disseminate

the gospel of destruction

with an insatiable desire

for the rawest and most

brutish pleasure

bearing the brunt

of satire and ridicule

endeavoring to break

the linkage with

conventional paradigm

of man’s ignorance

of the possible

©robertolavidez2013