Writings for 2017

The Faces Of War

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The faces of war
By Lisa Noe

Teary eyed babies on the side of the road
Watch as there families and homes explode
Men running to and fro in the streets
Working to bring forth an enemy defeat

Men screaming out in pain
As the enemy regain
We win a few and lose some too
With our allies we’ll rendezvous

We’ll take a hill while losing many men first
Arms and legs are severed by a bomb’s burst
Body parts and bodies litter the ground
While ears grow numb to the horrid sounds

No not who takes part in thus
Oh but yes it is people like us
Losing life, and limb, and sanity
Never experiencing self vanity

Fighting for family, loved one’s and kin
While making lifelong loving friends
Brother to brother they shall always be
And sister too, don’t forget about she.

They fight for freedom with valor and pride
But war should never be romanticized
It is pure hell on earth
It has no common worth

Though in this life we shall need to keep Sanity
And bring to justice to those who desecrate humanity
I sight people throughout this world who will die
To create havoc and death for you and I

A man walks along a dirt road and he’s killed for being old
A woman alone in her home, she is raped and sold
A little child runs after the soldiers and begs
These are the faces of war.


Lisa Noe~kittylove
three time Quill winner
for

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"Love Thy Neighbor"  (E) a view of our world and what is needed, what is wrong with it. snapshot! quills winner #2087706 by Lisa Noe

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A Story-Poem Contest!!!  (E) write a story that is in poetic form. No Prompts new or old! Quill winner! #2102427 by Lisa Noe