Three Poems by Les Merton

END

 

We are right up against it

There is nothing we can do

 

War has been declared

The war to end all wars

is being over quoted

by the media and informed individuals

 

A conglomerate of planetary missiles

is set to be launched towards us

if the people of Earth

don’t agree to evacuate

their beloved planet

 

Where can 7000,300000 people

of various nationalities, colours and races go

 

Yes a few - an elite few - will probably

be sent to various planetary outposts

some could even live on space stations

 

But, the majority

would have to stay put and just wait

 

There will be defences

The Powers That Be

have all missiles primed and ready

 

The end time

as been forecasted by many

over the centuries

 

Now it is a reality

 

Rather than wait for the destruction

The Powers That Be

have issued pills

 

the container they come in

is neatly labelled with the instruction

take three pills one of each colour

at hourly intervals

in the prescribed order

 

Take the Red Pill first

this ensures a feeling of well being

 

Next take the Blue Pill

it’s sole purpose is to create a desire

for another pill

 

Which will be

the only pill left which is the Black Pill

 

It is very doubtful that before anyone takes the Black Pill

 they will bother read the small print

which simply reads

 END

 

 

 

morning observation

 

abandoned coat hangers

            create sculpture

                                    balanced

on an art

            graffiti riverbank bench

                        a leaping salmon

catches the light

            and the moment

BRICKS IN THE WALL

 

                                    meditation

yoga                         love                         ahimsa             harmony

              bricks      in the wall

                                                  for world peace

            nonviolence             freedom             truth

spirituality                         pacifism             diplomacy

            understanding            co-operation

Les Merton is Cornish and proud of it. He lives in an historic heart of the tin mining area and he has become a prolific writer with 20 books to his credit, (many of which are available from Amazon and other online retailers.) Les has been published in magazines around the world and he is the founder editor of Poetry Cornwall which started in 2002.  In recent times his first play, The Last Cornishman, was performed and he appeared on ITV's That Sunday Night Show.