A Dagger to the Heart

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: UKRAINE

 

Dagger

 

Ukraine is desperate for supplies

Among them interceptors

To clear missiles from their skies

With defenders and detectors

 

But they were shipped to the Saud’s

To the Emirates and Bahrain

To defend against “the gods”

Instead of fighting for Ukraine

 

We let them fight the Russian beast

As if we didn’t have a stake

We helped Zelensky fight the least

We let go for Putin’s sake

 

We’re running short of munitions

All the experts will explain

Along with chronic indecision

We’ve betrayed brave Ukraine

 

And yet they found a way to fight

Against all odds with Europe’s aid

Knowing they were in the right

Knowing Trump was being played

 

Who among us did not see

That Netanyahu was insane?

This war for the Israelis

Is a dagger to the heart of Ukraine

 

 

Expanding War

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: IRAN WAR

 

Expanding War

 

The Israeli American war on Iran

Expands throughout the region

Strikes in Jordan and Lebanon

The world has lost all reason

 

The Houthis based in Yemen

The latest strikes within Iraq

The Emirates are a given

The Saudis have taken stock

 

The war expands in leaps and bounds

Every day another volley

Another missile shakes the ground

Another injured child is calling

 

The Russians feed Iran

North Korea feeds the Russians

The Chinese simply wait for dawn

Who will supply the guns?

 

Another war that has no end

That pulls all parties in

All the wounds that will not mend

As another war begins

 

This is an endless cycle

As if it has been decreed

Like a fool on a motorcycle

That fool is bound to bleed

 

Profiteers of War

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WAR

 

Profiteers of War

 

They’re taking money from the Arab states

They’re taking money from the poor

They’ll take it now before it’s too late

They’re the profiteers of war

 

We’re paying more for milk and bread

We’re getting less and paying more

While the working world is feeling dread

They are profiteering war

 

His sons are gathering stacks of gold

His son-in-law takes in more

The nation’s parks are being sold

To the profiteers of war

 

They’ve got business with the Emirates

All the oil barons of lore

They are killers and degenerates

They’re the profiteers of war

 

We will never get it back again

All this waste of our resource

If you trust in God this is a sin

The profiteers of war

 

If you’d like to feel the hate

Get on board and stay the course

A dismal conscience is your fate

You’re a profiteer of war