No War (poem) by Sara L Russell on AuthorsDen

No War
by Sara L Russell → (All Poetry by Sara L Russell)
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Rated "PG13" by the Author.

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This poem is mainly about my anger over Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
NO WAR Sara L. Russell 13th July 2022 at 00:34 If we could only put things back the way they were before as all the while musicians sing no war no war… You are pissing on the world with your rain of terror your deluge of terrorism misplaced heroism the heroin of glory the gory dreams of victory over what, over whom, over babies, women, hospitals, care homes? You are shitting on the world with your dogs of war basely squatting on private land pouring out the shit of destruction over property, over humanity, the environment, felling trees, crushing culture flattening land, vandalising listed buidings, homes, animals humans… And who are they to you but your faceless foe the dehumanised perceived vermin of your schizophrenic nightmares, the unloved, unseen minions of the anthill in your way? And who are they to us but our displaced neighbours, the people we cry for on the news every day, for their suffering is not lost on us, it has not missed us, they are our long lost brothers and sisters, they are everything, they are us.

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on July 17, 2022

War is truly hell. Even when one ends it never really ends.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on July 13, 2022

For a last line, you could have written, You are us. It is clear the direction you are pointing with this poignant poem, but United States has a budget larger than all of the countries of the world combined, primarily to keep the engine of war continuing after World War II in the name of "defense."

It will probably take a world shaking third world war before the whole world comes to its senses and stops the madness of war by those few left in the ashes of a spoiled Eden.

Ron

Reviewed by E Phillips

Your words are accurate, reliable, and useful--to all of us. They are the pillars of enlightenment, thus they mean nothing to thugs and tyrants. But now we Finland and Sweden to strengthen our resolve, plus economic and political sanctions, and a continuing flow of weapons--the only language they understand.