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

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think this is a very strong statement as to those wars in which we engage that are unwarranted--the idea of carrying miss liberty abroad whether she is invited or not.

we can't make everybody like us...and many don't really want that.

there are so many excuses to start a war, and most are quite lame.

i share in the sentiment behind this...and feel it is quite the opposite of anti-american...

american means...freedom to be like we want to and think like we want to...

we do need to concentrate on freeing our own country from its long worn shackles.

jacob

[s y e]

This was very well written. Written with care so you don't offend anyone or so that they don't take it in such a way where they would be offended. I liked it.

[sithlordjp]

A difficult topic, treated with wisdom. Well done.