Waiting for the human stormWalls were few, but guarded
The bushi led by samurai
Refused to submit
Denying the conqueror
Anything like a victory
So the storm came
Even as the defenders
Became surrounded
Defenders refused to give in
If dead, they'd live on
In vaunted memory
If they lived and won
Entered in history
Kublai Khan's goals
Had been confounded
He also refused to fail
But the storm became real
The Mongol fleet tried
They attempted to flee
But the Divine Wind blew
From the gods came a gale
Bore a message for delivery
The Kamakura Shogun lived
The true resolve was pure
And they were rewarded
As this Kamikaze saved Japan
Later as disaster beckoned
As the enemy moved forward
Taking Japanese lands
The samurai were tested
But were losing
So the rulers decided
The Divine Wind was needed
Atomic bombs answered
The Allies rose their flag
Over a Japan
That had lost
The divine approval
The Kamikaze failed
To save Japan
As the leaders realized
They were not gods
Could not call storm clouds
Their failure
was just as complete
As a Mongol fleet crushed
One invasion was rejected
The other seemingly
Invited
