Medical Mutiny
30 years ago:
Treachery!
Scanning for signs of betrayal-
Evidence of treason.
Justifying a massive retaliative strike-
Chemical warfare,
Evil for evil.
We lose the battle,
We win the war
20 years ago:
Treasonous cells having never left,
lay in wait to attack
the weakened ground gained
in the decade long defensive.
New science, more chemicals,
Cloned soldiers-
The battle is won-
The war rages on.
10 years ago:
Has any man-made offensive
raged so long?
Covert operations- fickle bastards,
sneak attack.
The invaders have wreaked havoc
on the mother land.
Difficult to comprehend –
this strike may decide the war.
We are stronger-weaker than before-
but stronger.
Today:
All defensive operations
have moved north.
I live in my head.
These mutant cells continue their efforts
to evict my spirit.
Ignorant of self-destruction-
unaware they commit hara-kiri.
The soul will live on unencumbered.
30 years ago:
Treachery!
Scanning for signs of betrayal-
Evidence of treason.
Justifying a massive retaliative strike-
Chemical warfare,
Evil for evil.
We lose the battle,
We win the war
20 years ago:
Treasonous cells having never left,
lay in wait to attack
the weakened ground gained
in the decade long defensive.
New science, more chemicals,
Cloned soldiers-
The battle is won-
The war rages on.
10 years ago:
Has any man-made offensive
raged so long?
Covert operations- fickle bastards,
sneak attack.
The invaders have wreaked havoc
on the mother land.
Difficult to comprehend –
this strike may decide the war.
We are stronger-weaker than before-
but stronger.
Today:
All defensive operations
have moved north.
I live in my head.
These mutant cells continue their efforts
to evict my spirit.
Ignorant of self-destruction-
unaware they commit hara-kiri.
The soul will live on unencumbered.
The Well Tempered Bards 
Excellent. Love the timeline and the real-world parallel.
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I particularly like this lines:
“I live in my head.
These mutant cells continue their efforts
to evict my spirit.”
Thanks for sharing your poetry, it's my favorite form of the written word. =)
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I love the way this has layered meaning. And I felt the weariness of continual battle, reading this.
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Wonderfully done! I too felt weary. It's
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Almost too much to think about. Sorry for the comment glitch!
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Thank you sir! It often seems very war-like
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Thanks Rachel, I never aspired to poetry but am finding I like it!
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Thanks Natalie, weary is a good description.
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HAHA… that should be our biggest glitch concern! Thanks Stacie!
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I love poetry, and make some attempts at it. I love how this poem travels through time – and whoever used the word weary summed it up perfectly.
Visiting from Moonshine.
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Great poem! It sounds like you really went through / are going through the wringer. 😦
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Thanks for coming over Robin. Im glad that there are those who love poetry… Im such a novice at this point.
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THanks Larks! Its been a long haul…but while it lasted longer than expected…so have I… gratitude abounds.
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The psychological makeup of a disease itself. What is its purpose, it goals, it thought process. Lots of gold to be mined in them thar hills.
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purpose? Population control? goals? I don't understand parasites…why kill the host when you go too?Thought process? Its an effing moron.
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I need more poetry in my life. Thanks for sharing.
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THanks for coming over to read it Sarah!
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“I live in my head”, and “The soul will live on unencumbered” – perfect.
P.S. I have to say, you are one hell of a fighter, my friend.
XoK
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Thanks to my dear friends of which I count you…ty 🙂 me
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read your new poem this week. Lovely!
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