poetry; War after war

by John S. Mbiti

We are tired of scandals and cases of senselessness in society. We don't have to experience these wars of moral uprightness. Change is what we want. Just listen to this poem and think for yourselves.

We are tired of waiting for and war.

Our trees their leaves have shed

The writer has come and gone

Spring flowers have blossomed and withered

And here we are.

Still waiting for another war

Our atom bombs have rusty grown

And bald are the heads of those who made them

But we

The ugly martyrs of another war

Do not fear

We have seen wars

We know their taste is sweet 

And their smell is good 

Smoke from the guns is all we dream about