Poetry list
black minutes
poured into two
minutes
an immeasurable
torrent of suffering
needless and
critical
for tyranny’s
cruelty is
unnecessary
obscene yet
must be
resisted and
stopped
the sacrifice
is beyond pity
and reason
an aching gape
a chasm of
catastrophe that can
only be healed
by a love beyond
compare
hanging
outstretched
reaching all
time
and taking experience
frailty humanity
darkness
to the everlasting
peace still eludes
us in this now
we cling to a
poppy whose seed
is black as
golgotha
let in the light
never forget
© Neil Thompson 2022