Jagannathan Viswanathan, 'War and Silence'
War and Silence
Before the war there are the vile taunts and howls of men
Who consider some of their brethren less than human
And want them removed from the face of the earth
They bay like wolves searching for prey
Then there is the unending threnody of death raining from the sky
Mortar Bombs, Artillery Shells, Napalm Bombs and Missiles
And sometimes even an earth shattering atom bomb
They screech and scream like the warning sirens
Is there silence in war?
Yes at the end for those who don’t survive cannot hear
And those who are alive are deafened by the sounds of war
You can say there is dead silence except for the ululation in the wake.
By Jagannathan Viswanathan
Before the war there are the vile taunts and howls of men
Who consider some of their brethren less than human
And want them removed from the face of the earth
They bay like wolves searching for prey
Then there is the unending threnody of death raining from the sky
Mortar Bombs, Artillery Shells, Napalm Bombs and Missiles
And sometimes even an earth shattering atom bomb
They screech and scream like the warning sirens
Is there silence in war?
Yes at the end for those who don’t survive cannot hear
And those who are alive are deafened by the sounds of war
You can say there is dead silence except for the ululation in the wake.
By Jagannathan Viswanathan