One Mistake Away

In this nuclear age would you not agree That we are only one mistake away from World war three And a nuclear war to humanity would come at a huge cost When millions if not billions of human lives would be lost Some of those with nuclear weapons at their disposal egotistical and do not seem very wise One bombing gone wrong to a major catastrophe would give rise In World war three all of humanity would lose And death over life anyone sound of mind would not choose Though many human beings would not be left alive Mother Earth who feeds all life forms a nuclear war would survive But the narcissistic with overblown egos the consequences of what their actions entail never take into account And wiser counsel to their sort to little if anything does amount And in this nuclear age few would disagree That we are only one mistake away from World war three.