When the dust settles

Play with your metals,

those explosives and vessels,

marching into the battlefields,

for the fames and the medals,

but remember, the consequences...

When the dust settles! 

The buildings were leveled, 

lives crushed in the rubbles,

hiding inside various shelters,

fearing the sirens & projectiles,

waiting to be rescued...

When the dust settles! 

The trees were uprooted,

grounds where blasted open,

destroying dwellings of species,

dependent on fragile ecosystems,

that are wailing in despair...

When the dust settles! 

Families were broken apart, 

leading to unspoken miseries, 

there's no dream or desires,

as basic needs were denied,

fighting for their daily survival.. 

When the dust settles! 

Humanity is lost in numbers,

environment gradually crumbles,

as the leaders, play this game,

of perceived failures & successes, 

in this world of geopolitics...

When the dust settles!