Unnecessary Fighting

 

Can you tell me

Why we have war?

All our soldiers dieing

But what do they fight for?

 

What’s there to live for

If there is no peace

Show some feelings

At the very least

 

Fighting equals misery

Isn’t that apparent?

Suffering is all around

Doesn’t anyone care?

 

Loved ones

Never come home

Families are left

To live alone

 

When forces meet

Why is fighting necessary?

Stop the war!

Why must we continue this parry?

 

Are people blind to pain?

What is it that only I see?

A soldier in battle

Never takes for granted a light breeze

 

People always complain

That their life isn’t good enough

What they don’t see

Is how a soldier’s life is so much more rough

 

Change is all around

For bad or good

It happens everyday

Even if solutions are not found

 

            -Rachel Baumgardner

 

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War Zone

 

Boom here

Bang there

Explosions all around

 

Glass shatters

Gun shots ring

Moans penetrate the air

 

Run for cover

Get away

Help is needed

 

Soldiers stand strong

Ready to fight

For friends and family

 

Children cry

Helicopters fly

Citizens die

 

Terrorists coming

Terrorists running

Droping bombs on their way

 

Shrapnel soars

Piercing anyone

And everyone

 

Boom

Bang

Thud

 

Our loved ones

Are fighting

In a war zone

 

-Rachel Baumgardner