A Nuclear Childhood by Donal Mahoney

What if your parents 

had never met

had never married 

had never yelled 

at each other 

and instead had wed

someone they loved

and lived peacefully 

all those years.

That would have been 

their Eden but you 

shaking there now

decades later 

wouldn’t be with us  

cursing the tremors  

of a nuclear childhood 

you still remember

long after they’re dead.

Donal Mahoney lives in St, Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Like many people he has been nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes and has had poetry and fiction published in print and online in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his work can be found here:http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html.