War

The looting; the crying
The shooting; the dying
The terror; the fright
The horror; the flight
The torture; the pain
The effort; the strain
The nightmarish dreams
The blood chilling screams
The stench; the decay
The struggle, the dismay
The unthinkable
The abominable
The demolition
The decapitation
The execution
The extermination
The anguish
To languish
The mercilessness
And fruitlessness
And woe
Of war

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Skat A

Date: 4/19/2016 11:04:00 PM

that's an epic topic... love it. skat

Jill Spagnola

Date: 4/19/2016 4:04:00 AM

Whoa! "woe" is right!!I really dig how your piece flows, creating images of the horror occurring all over our world! Divine, your rhyme is excellent and I love the way you follow through, beginning to end with your pen:)...peace, jill