the instigator

The Instigator
 
  The sky over Europe is silent, but there is fear  
  In the heart of many and the man who started  
  this fear is sleepless and swims slowly in his  
  swimming pool.  
  He is seventy now and struggles with his body
  wears trousers too tight, sits wide-legged  
 giving the impression of rugged good health
 as doctors tell him, as he is fearful of dying.
 Thoughts swivel in his mind; he is isolated
 and suspicious of people indifferent  
of his view on how the world should be run.
A lackey enters tell of news from the front.
This lift, his spirit he swims faster now, sleep
eludes him, knows he will awake with a gnawing  
sense he might be wrong.