Some things sound nice when said aloud
But the meaning is a different matter
Divine wind sounds such a pleasant thing
But it's meaning meant wholesale slaughter
Cause' Divine wind means KAMIKAZI
And old sailors remember them well
When these Kamikazi pilots flew into their ships
Blew their planes and themselves to hell
Yet now when you meet these well mannered folk
Politeness just flows from them with ease
It's so easy to forget the past
And these fearful Imperial Japanese
Well war is war, and people change
But the past just shouldn't be forgotten
Cause' a soldier died for every sleeper layed
By God, these people were rotten
But these Imperial Japanese were brave in war
It was their philosophy that seemed to suck
They placed their Emperor higher than God
It was here they ran out of luck
And I sometimes wonder if we'd be here now
If the Yanks hadn't ended their reign
So that those who had managed to survive this war
Could rebuild their lives once again
Be always safe,
Karen
Excellent poem, Gerald!
Ted