The bomb can ruin buildings,
open craters,
change the geography.

The bomb can destroy families,
beget orphans,
make widows.

The bomb can disturb the air,
spread splinters,
erect columns of smoke.

The bomb can make noise,
hurt eardrums,
muffle voices.

But the bomb can’t resurrect anyone.

(Written in April 02002. Translated to English in April 2010.)