81.
Before fading of my last flower
before ending the opera of my life
I want to learn.
I want to love.
I could not be
the one I wanted
the one I could have become.
I failed to be good
and my way was not the shortest
but I tried.
God knows I tried
and my heart opened
to the words.
82.
The result of all your works
and sufferings
are gone.
Now all alone
you are left
on an empty farm
with an empty gun
full of rage.
83.
I turned forests into paper and dust.
I wiped air with smog
and turned lakes into sewage.
I turned rain into acid
and burned roses.
I rained radioactivity.
I murdered myself.
84.
They buried the children
and they were alert
not to let wind
spread the news
that the children were begging
before they smash their brains.
It started to rain.
A soldier said:
"God is on our side".
85.
We fight
we murder
for land
for power
for ignorance
in our life
just a moment in time
and in the end
not even a land
the size of a grave to own.
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