Did they know <br />When it was dropped <br />In the distant days of World War Two, <br />That blustering bomb, <br />That wartime harbinger of hate <br />Would stay silent, waiting there? <br /> <br />Did they know <br />When it was dropped <br />In the faraway future unforeseen, <br />That hibernating bomb, <br />That timeless deliverer of death <br />Would still menace, waiting there? <br /> <br />Did they know <br />When it was dropped <br />In the aftermath of afteryears, <br />The rediscovered bomb, <br />That ticking threatener of calm <br />Would awaken, waiting there? <br /> <br />Did they know <br />When it was stopped <br />In the thankfulness of today, <br />The inactivated bomb, <br />That silent survivor of strife <br />Would sleep at last, waiting there?<br /><br />C Richard Miles<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/unexploded-bomb/
