Second Dawn
Could a weapon be so terrible to wield
that it would bring about the end of war
because it would herald the end of life
if used to settle an angry score?
It was a second dawn
when the first atom bomb lit up the sky
and a second dawn again
when sent to remove a city from time
Mutually assured destruction
made the angry think twice
about another second dawn
that could send them out of time
As the clever tool-maker builds spaceships
and creates machines that can think
is the second dawn weapon a sign
that its time for peace to have a fling?
More terrible weapons wait in space
with the power of a second dawn
and no radiation fall-out
when kinetic weapons are born
Just a telegraph pole of metal
falling through the sky
that cannot be stopped
until striking where it fly
The fear of kinetic weapons in space
may make peace a thing to last
as everyone watches everyone
to make sure such weapons are past
So is space the key to peace
and the end to second dawn death
as folk spread out in space
and find happiness is a better bet?
Where creativity displaces war
where dreams can have their day
in the light of the Sun in space
folk can find better ways to play
that it would bring about the end of war
because it would herald the end of life
if used to settle an angry score?
It was a second dawn
when the first atom bomb lit up the sky
and a second dawn again
when sent to remove a city from time
Mutually assured destruction
made the angry think twice
about another second dawn
that could send them out of time
As the clever tool-maker builds spaceships
and creates machines that can think
is the second dawn weapon a sign
that its time for peace to have a fling?
More terrible weapons wait in space
with the power of a second dawn
and no radiation fall-out
when kinetic weapons are born
Just a telegraph pole of metal
falling through the sky
that cannot be stopped
until striking where it fly
The fear of kinetic weapons in space
may make peace a thing to last
as everyone watches everyone
to make sure such weapons are past
So is space the key to peace
and the end to second dawn death
as folk spread out in space
and find happiness is a better bet?
Where creativity displaces war
where dreams can have their day
in the light of the Sun in space
folk can find better ways to play
Jaqi
Bluh
Monday
12
November
2018
Bluh
Monday
12
November
2018
NOTE ~ Will space reveal a new phase in human evolution? Once in space, with direct access to the power of the Sun, unlimited resources, and factories set up for endless production, kinetic weapons could be built that would threaten all enemy cities and bases on Earth. Kinetic weapons cannot be stopped, once on their way to a target, use only the gravity of the Earth for acceleration, and upon impact, have the power of an atomic weapon, but with no radioactive fallout. The simple realisation of this may lead to an unexpected wave of cooperation in space, with demands for transparency, so that kinetic weapons cannot be made, stock-piled, or deployed, by governments or free enterprise. With plenty of space in space for expansion and development, war can be left in the past, with conflict displaced by creativity. If space is the key to peace, then a future in space is quite critical for human health and survival, both on Earth, and in space.
Implications of Kinetic-Kill Missiles ~
J. Robert Oppenheimer ~ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." ~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac
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