War

It is about my feelings about wars in general.

War

New leaves turn over, new flowers bloom

Birds sing happily every spring season

Man, on the other hand runs towards his doom

Warring for land and money, killing without reason

Looting, pillaging, encroaching after invading

With no concern or care for others

Impossible it has become to be kind and loving

To care for each other just like brothers

Plants and animals on the other hand

Live in harmony and peace

Not fighting for money and land

Just ask those monkeys and trees!

War is not good, war is not evil

Young men go for glory and for pride

Little do they know what it feels like to kill

By the time it ends, a lot of people would've died

Violence, hatred and rage everywhere 

Followed by fear, angst and pain

Slowly a kind gaze turns into a hard glare

As the soil is dyed red down to every grain

New leaves turn over, new flowers bloom

Lessons are learnt, as lives were cast

As the sun rises, over the war's tomb

With hope that people learn not to war at last.

Author's Note

This is not very polished and I put it down as a raw aspect of my feelings towards war.

Reviews

[Jamie Starlight]

My thoughts exactly. Beautiful poem :-)

[mou]

"Looting, pillaging, encroaching after invading
With no concern or care for others
Impossible it has become to be kind and loving
To care for each other just like brothers
Plants and animals on the other hand
Live in harmony and peace
Not fighting for money and land
Just ask those monkeys and trees!"
Wonderful!
Depressing but still practical lines. You portrait your perceptions very strongly here.A good message is blown.
Thanks for sharing.

[wordman]

the destiny of man, once you`ve been there,it`s entirely different than what you imagined

[Coyote Poetry]

Strong and honest thoughts in the poetry.
"New leaves turn over, new flowers bloom
Lessons are learnt, as lives were cast
As the sun rises, over the war's tomb
With hope that people learn not to war at last."
The above lines are my wish, but man need to fight for land, oil and hate. Seem a growing sickness. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Ellen Kolman]

This is great, the contrast of flowers and new life only emphasize the devastation of war...BRAVO...brilliant writing once again

[Emily]

I was not expecting the first line to be about flowers when the name of the poem is 'War'.
But, I love it!
Keep it up!!

[Sage]

Haha, I wanted to show the stark contrast and I'm glad it worked!