In Lubnan
January 2, 2007
And to stand in righteousness
Free of collective punishment,
By force of justification,
Rivaled by permeating inflexibility
And militarism beyond appropriate–
Fighting a depreciating medical condition
That surpasses our cancerous indignities–
To stand strong in the face of a new born lion
Hidden amongst us ready to pounce–
Longevity is measured by power and will,
Moralism and principal goodness
Are forsaken;
Lacking institutional strength to live out
Times of crises–
And so, instead,
The objective is to stay mantled
In prepared soldiery
Articulated by a will of earthly creation,
The sanctity of which shall never be forgotten
Nor fully remembered,
Submerged in mountains of disaster
And a coastline of freedom-fighting dimensions–
Here we plan and initiate
From which all else took forth
In our arms
The baby is rocked to sleep
And with pen and paper
We aim and fire.
Ana- January 2, 2007
