War

Whence diplomacy fails mankind. Soldiers amassed with patriotic duties to fulfill. Some willing, some underaged, some desperate. Weaponry and vehicular production overdriven. Military strategies drafted that await execution. Prayers flood the heavens, farewell letters penned vigorously. None prepared for what’s to come, sweet talk is all they have. Come dawn, they depart for the frontlines. Unto the battlefield where the enemy lies. One step forward and all hell breaks loose. Gunshots pierce, artillery’s shrapnel far-reaching. Mangled corpses sprawled for families to mourn. Commands roared but not followed for fear fuels the men. Chaos ensues ruthlessly with no end in sight. Death and blood saturates the gruesome battlefield. Oh dear God, do you hear the cries of sorrow? Oh dear God, do you see your land blood-brimmed? Who will you aid when good and evil are indiscernible? Countries conquered, engulfed by terror and atrocities. Air raids never ending, bomb shelters becoming the second home. Civilians contemned, slaughtered like pigs, experimented on like rats. Prisoners of War starving to the bones as they labor restlessly. Anguish ever present but naught can be done to rid it. Oh dear God, do you witness the atrocious brutality? Oh dear God, will you show them mercy and end their misery? Homeward, anxiety ravages mercilessly like a plague. Will my beloved return for college? Will my darling return to love? Will my dearest return to tuck me in? Answers undetermined for life preaches uncertainty. Politicians stand unscathed whilst comrades lay crippled. In the perpetual bid for peace, the world drowns in blood.