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# I Asked
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/i-asked/
- Published: 2022-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I asked the thunder: do you ring with echoes of forgotten wars and dreams of plunder
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I asked the thunder:  
do you ring  
with echoes of forgotten wars  
and dreams of plunder

it laughed me off  
and said that it's just thunder  
as lightning struck  
and tore the peace asunder

I asked the rain:  
do you weep  
for fallen heroes  
and for all the slain

it spit on me  
and said that it's just rain  
and turned to red  
my prayers were in vain

I asked the sun:  
do you light  
a candle for the lost  
remind us that we're one

it burned my skin  
and said it's just the sun  
what's one more holocaust  
it's nothing new, begone

I had to ask myself

no answer came  
and no one left to blame