When Mars Fell Asleep
by Tim Kavi
boys want to play army in fields
lined with mines
they walk among their friends' blood
ghosts in the shadows
at your lap o Goddess, sleeping
lies the gods of war
the weapons of war lie at their feet
abandoned as once you were
love has won out in the future of bliss
where shadows walk openly in the sun
and gardens are again planted
in romantic passions of youth revisited
even to the very old
the streets are cleaned of spoils
reminders of the follies of gain
while warlike tribes and leaders think
that nothing lasts of temperate mold
what is without entropy; only the power of love
love has vanquished the dark night of souls
but Mars is only sleeping
may he wake up and find you again and again
your love is everlasting and patient
cities are in your fold
but the bombed out ruins need to be rebuilt
into new shining squares
and the weapons turned into ploughshares
must be cleaned while children
are allowed to be children again.
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Mars and Venus by Botticelli
For the hope of peace and knowledge of a sure love,
some might see a vague reference to the influence of Lucretius here--TK |
