By Ron Faust
Supposed to end war
As we know it The Manhattan Project
Began as a creative challenge
Ending in a death wish of nothingness
Nobody would want to use
Something so horrendous
Yet we toy with tactical weapons
To scare the other side
Fascinated with the nuclear option
Some think threat means prevention
Yet weapons have opposite effects
Greater costs and cancerous victims
Unlocking the energy of the atom
Amazed scientists in the Trinity Test
Competing as the Oppenheimer Team
Causing annihilation never known before
The movie shows the dilemma of a hero
First elation then false political vengeance
And moral issues remain with uranium suffering
With further attempts to end the human race
Reducing danger requires a vision of principles
Some are enthralled with a cold war mentality
We confess how superpowers ignore a bomb ban
Return us to a choice to make
Life or death.
7/24/23 (On occasion of release of the movie “Oppenheimer,“ about the Father of the Atomic Bomb; the film plays down existential consequences of radiation.) (c) 2023, Ron Faust, Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License. Photograph, https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photo-of-explosion-on-the-beach-73909/.
