siblings

The Siblings

Twin, one strong, the other naïve and pale, nature
is merciless the strong threw the weak out of
the nest that fell to the brushwood and had to seek
shelter where it could a temporary shelter, but it
learned how to survive and trust no one, frail yes,
but sensitively strong it had time on it side watching
how fear and hate consumed its brother how, with
its phosphorous bombs, had lost the plot and could
not kill a wish the losers’ absurd idea of equality.
So it came to pass when the strong saw it could not
win and subjugate its twin to its whim it choose to
destroy itself and its insignificant brother. Toxic sand
more lethal than Wall Street’s bad debt, cover land,
yet in caves survivors still dream of nationhood.