Iraq

 

The place that god forgot

A canvas of lifeless grey

Tainted by sanguine smears

And ripped with bloody claws

Fell victim to hellish rain.

 

A schoolboy in the yard

In an independent fantasy

Gazes at the winners club

In drunk and dreamy awe

Taking their design for his own

 

The strong react with might

Crush with granite fists and kick

With studded boots that bruise

And cut, grinding to powder

His screams dissolve to whispers.

 

When asked ‘Why did you do it?’

A ring of grins, a score of answers

‘Do we need a f*****g reason?’

‘The b*****d had a knife’

‘It was… our simple duty.’

 

But they move forward briskly

Amongst shattered skulls are

Shattered dreams, decrepit.

The weak. The poor. The victims:

They are resentfully the same.

 

The place that god forgot

Slashed by stars and stripes

Cries limply in the wind, lost

Jilted by the west, she yearns

And in the clutch of Satan, burns.

Author's Note

Please note that I am not being anti-American but anti-Bush. I am fully aware that my own country is not guilt free of such horrors and this poem is aimed to vehmently oppose such abuses of power. Thank you.

Reviews

[Nikki Hughes]

Dark and powerful, it seems as if you are them when you read it. I liked the choice of words.

[Madison.]

This is very powerful.

[David Scott]

Your pen has strength of talent, but the idealology is do far from my reality as to seem alien. I will thank you for your art and expression and respectfully dispute the premis.

[Overrated-World]

deep and powerful write. :) good though.

[The Nameless]

Wow, touching story. It really makes you feel the pain of those poor people.
Great words, great use of descriptions

Wonderful poem, as always =D

[LynGeist]

This hits a deep spot for me as I spent time there during the gulf War. I was in the army. Saw things I have wish I hadn't seen and learned things better left unknown.. Americans do abuse their power. I have come to believe that any person or group with a lot of power come to abuse it. Not many use it for good. The power you put behind your words is thought provoking. I really like this. Thank you

[CecilA]

Well thought out and composed. Execpt for the "forgotten by God" and "in the clutch of Satan" I like it. It's just that I don't believe that God forgot the people of Iraq; if anything, the Iraqi people turned away from Him. Also, I don't believe that Iraq is in the clutch of Satan, USA, because the only reason we and other countries are still there is the continual murders of innocent civilians by the Iraqi radicals.

I will agree, however, that we should not have invaded Iraq. There were other ways to take down Saddam and the alledged weapons of mass destruction.

As for Bush, I believe he fell victim to half truths and the hunger of a people for revenge of the Twin Towers incident. For awhile I was convinced that we were on the right path.

I wish there was someone who could lead the world to peace. There has to be a better way that what we're doing now. Perhaps the whole world in in the cluthes of Satan. So if there is a god and he/she is the God most of the worlds religions acknowledge maybe we need to seek His advice.

Thanks for sharing this thought provoking poem with us. Great job.

[Deron Alexis]

great poetry lovely expression well done

[Joshua Lean]

Your words hold so much. This is powerful. Great write!

[Into_The_Cosmos]

I love this! This poem was made to not offend anyone, but has a sense of various point of views in how we see the wars.