The ruin doesn't answer

Dr Abe V Rotor

                   WWII Ruin in Metro Vigan. Photo by the author Febuary 15, 2017

You stand as a reminder of a woeful past -

World War II, the country left in shambles,

rising from the ashes like the mythical 

Phoenix bird.  You stand as sentinel

to remember man's inhumanity to man.

Ruin, speak the truth, you are a monument

to warn that atrocity is like a dagger

behind the cloak of progress.  Beware! 

Enemy thrives best where peace reigns

in trade, commerce, science, technology.

Ruin, speak your piece. Who is friend,

who is enemy today? What kind of war 

grips the world in our postmodern times?

would you rather lose your old face?

The ruin doesn't answer, 

it does not answer. ~