tw: war, mentions of destruction and death
~i'm just a stupid kid from the midwest who writes anti-war poetry because there is nothing else that i can do~
written on: july 11, 2024
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This war will end
One way or another
Politicians
Shaking hands and making friends
Signing legislation – truces and ceasefires that won't last a decade
Soldiers
Packing away their weapons of war
Leaving behind destruction to go back where they came from – this land will accompany them home
Civilians
Grieving the life they had before a foreign government with foreign bombs cleaved it apart
Trying to rebuild their houses and their families – efforts that cannot erase the raging of their minds at the stillness of someone else's heart
This war will end
One way or another
And then the politicians will forget the casualties and bloodshed after one too many luncheons with lobbyists
The soldiers will retire and be replaced by fresh-faced cadets
The civilians will pray to their apathetic gods for peace to survive a little while longer
This war will end
One way or another
Just to find oil or weapons of mass destruction or a country in need of democracy somewhere else – just for another to begin
YOU ARE READING
poetry by jungenwunder
Şiirmy old stuff is pretty bad but my newer stuff is much better, please pay attention to when it was written and feel free to start at the end of the book!! i will have trigger warnings at the beginning of chapters when necessary. stay safe, i love you.
