In Troubled Times
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David Rosenfeld
David Rosenfeld lives and works in Orange County, California. There, he participates in local poetry readings. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley.
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In Troubled Times - David Rosenfeld
IN TROUBLED TIMES
And these are troubled times, my dear;
Bereft its offing falls the sun.
Heart of darkness, night I fear;
Nightmare wakens all to one.
The throats of death can rasp my name
And clanging hands ring hard the knell;
But onward will I march the same,
If march need be the road to Hell.
In battle flame I take my thirst
For blood of evil, foe men nigh;
Pierce their beating hearts and burst
Their brains in spasm to the eye.
Shattered skull I catch, and gleams
Its white, dull shine beneath the sky.
Former life now drips the stream
Of he who challenged me to die.
Surrounded now on every side,
I see the waves of dark hordes break
Their ranks and charge, but do abide
My weapon and the stand I take.
One by one, my comrades fall
Beneath the withering combat knife
Until at last they are gone, all,
And I the last remaining life.
And these are troubled times, my dear,
To see the odds I face alone;
But later, when the field is clear,
You’ll know what no one else had known.
So long as victory remains
A possible solution for
The trouble that I take the pains
To fight with, then I will make war.
DUTY
The vicious chew their meat but raw;
They gnash their teeth upon the bones.
They trade nothing of friendship’s draw,
But fill life with dread graves alone.
About the flesh of fresh-carved kills,
Blood stains hands and drips from jaws;
These animalistic cannibals
Feed off fellowmen in their maws.
Far from this foul grasping creed,
I hoist my ax, I spur my steed,
And take to battle against those men
Whose silhouettes deserve no pen.
Down with one sure hammer blow,
I smash the skull in of my foe.
THE PARANOID VOICE OF REASON
Terror to Tehran!
Irradiate Iran!
Crisply burn
To cinders bright
Persia’s vain,
Inglorious might.
Burrow deep
Into the keep!
Pray why build
Reactors now,
With plenty of oil
In the ground?
There can be
But one main purpose:
To make a power
To usurp us.
And who are we?
Democracy—
Freedom-loving
Liberty.
And what is he?