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Will You Retreat?

 This poem examines the moment when power, violence, deceit, and arrogance reach their extreme limits and confront the boundaries of human conscience.

The first section presents a relentless catalogue of moral corruption: greed, lies, oppression, manipulation, cruelty, and the abuse of power. Together, they form a portrait of humanity stripped of ethical restraint.
Yet the poem takes a sudden turn in its closing lines. A small child appears, standing before the barrel of a gun. The child represents vulnerability, innocence, and the final test of human morality.
The concluding phrase, “And then it was checkmate,” suggests a moment when violence can no longer justify itself, when power encounters a truth it cannot overcome.
Though brief, the poem delivers a powerful meditation on the limits of force and the enduring challenge of conscience.


Will You Retreat?

A loathsome expression.

Disordered thoughts.

Reckless actions.

Mad and unruly emotions.

Greed that serves only itself.

Falsehoods draped in the language of justice.

Bluster that boasts of strength.

Arrogance built on empty threats.

Cruel repression of dissent.

Manipulation disguised as persuasion.

The concealment of failures that betray trust.

Fanatical certainty blessed in the name of God.

Cold-hearted mockery of the dead.

Cowardly reliance on threats and force.

A small child stands

before the barrel of a gun.

And then—

checkmate.

Written on June 1, 2026.

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