above the clouds

i simply follow orders

words from above

a commander, an officer, a general

with the press of a button or the push of a lever

a home set afire, reduced to rubble

london, warsaw, prague

from high up they all look the same to me

suspended in the air

sheltered in my armor

an agent of destruction

leaving death in its wake

faceless victims

nameless bodies

the distance helps

to detach oneself

in my old age

i visited the cities that i laid waste to

now i see where you grew up 

and the murderer in me