As war breaks out to distract from strife within
They tell us to soldier on, stay the course.
Must we march straight into their spin
Bound to end in our remorse?
They seem such an overwhelming, superior force
As they send us faraway into a losing battle
We’re linked like drones into their central source
Even as our bones do rattle.
Finish the job, they order. Stay the course!
Sacrifice life and limb. Victory is ours!
Pray, they command, and God will endorse
Our aims and our powers.
Can we ever break free, disobey the Borg?
Resistance, so they say, is futile.
Must we spill children’s blood, fill every morgue?
Why must we turn brutal?
[2026]
Poetry
In an era that is amazement and wonder on one hand, and destruction and hate on the other, and facing the threat of an even more horrific holocaust in our future, two poets present a piercing question: can we still love? And love means one another, human to human.
This book is the 'I believe' statement of the poet, author and artist Zeev Kachel, a man whose most closely-held values and aspirations have been put to the test in the course of WWI and WWII. It is also the 'I believe' statement of his daughter, USA Today bestselling author, poet and artist Uvi Poznansky, who compiled her own work alongside his, and translated his poems from Hebrew so they can become an inspiring force to you.
