Published January 16, 2005
The night dissolves beneath me,
I awake to the atmosphere of war,
The house shaking,
Beneath the rumble of the planes.
Voices rise between my family,
Tears adorned with fear,
Lives broken with terror,
Shards of glass remain glistening.
Guns shots echo through the air,
Innocent lives snatched,
Statistics rise, anger swirls,
This is life, this is pain
Poltions safe behind their guards,
Soldiers naked to the violence,
The TV says to kill,
So they must say goodbye and leave
Silence never comes, screaming voices
Echo through the house,
Empty threats embrace a new day,
There will never be peace.
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Hm not to sure on this just would like your comments on it so go forth and tear it apart 
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The night dissolves beneath me,
I awake to the atmosphere of war,
The house shaking,
Beneath the rumble of the planes.
Voices rise between my family,--------------------------------family--house
Tears adorned with fear,
Lives broken with terror,
Shards of glass remain glistening.
Guns shots echo through the air,
Innocent lives snatched,
Statistics rise, anger swirls,
This is life, this is pain
Poltions safe behind their guards,
Soldiers naked to the violence,
The TV says to kill,
So they must say goodbye and leave
Silence never comes, screaming voices
Echo through the house,---------------------------------family--house
Empty threats embrace a new day,
There will never be peace.
i guess your saying that our government sux- and they don't protect the people like they should
Great...I really liked it.
Hmmm...a tough subject to write about because of all the baggage you have to deal with. I quite liked it, I just think it needed a little more to it because it's such a common topic for writers.
I like how you use a metaphor of war to illustrate the fighting in your family. It really makes the point and draws us a picture that simple explanation wouldn't. Keep on writing!
Did you mean,
Silence never comes through screaming voices (?)
I don't know, I could be wrong...either way I liked this line.
I also agree with Mesh. this is a very difficult subject. It's very hard because it'll either turn out to be really sappy or really cheesy...however succeeded above that and did a great job. I liked the meaning of this poem--it meant a lot, well, to me it did.
I really liked the idea behind this, but the issue of war isn't easy to address and still look affective. The problem was it didn't really flow very well. I think perhaps if you concentrated on a particular part, say the gunshots or the soldiers, it would be much more effective.
Very difficult subject you chose, Wulie.
"the sound of war" to me implies one sound, but in the context of the poem you have more then one example, so how does sounds sound?
the pharse my family doesn't sound right to me... and you use with twice in a row. I would suggest changing one to another prep, perhaps from in the third line? Also, the last line feels a little off. "smashed shards of glass," maybe?
I agree with Myriadne, the last line doesn't fit. Anger swells.. I'm just not sure about this line. I love statistics rise, i got chills frm that.
So true, so true. However, i fin go to be a bad wrod to end on.
Just a suggestion, n'er in place of never. A comma or some sort of seperation after comes, also, becuase that leads into the next thought of "Echo through the house".
Nice job with the subject. :thumb:
Tv - paparatise ( sorry spelt wrong) that whole stanza is to do with the publictiy...
This stanza is to do with the poltations say right there's war but the soldiers have to see the voilence the pain etc - related to the family parents argue but they don't feel the violence hurt etc as the children do having to watch them argue, does that make sense?
Oh, okay, thats been puzzling me for days. The [ ], but I like how you do that, its unique.
Yeah, after reading it over again I kind of like the poem more. Hmm...yeah I have to say it was pretty good. There were some lines that just didnt fit like:
Poltions safe behind their guards,
Soldiers naked to the violence,
Hmm...uh, I don't really get it.
The TV says to kill,
So they must say goodbye and go.
The TV says to kill? What did you mean by that, but I liked how you flat out told the reader that they must say goodbye and go and just get over it.
Overall I liked it, and I loved the first line. Dissolved? That was a really good way to describe it and could feel what was happening.
its not supposed to be horrific or anything I'm trying to refer the start of war to family life. I know I spelt its wrong I'm not good at spelling sorry. I put ']' them round it because I'm strange weird just what I do...
Yeah, I agree. Honestly its a little too much utopian for war.
But the title did catch my attention and it really touched me at times. It was a pretty good poem, I liked it.
And can I ask you a question? Why do you always put [ ] around your title when you post it. Not that its annoying or something, its just...strange...weird...unique, yeah, lets go with that...
honestly i think it sounds like you really don't know how truly horrifying war can be. the poem is too light to truly contain the degree of emotion that should be there. and you spelt politicians wrong (i'm not sure i spelt it right either but just look it up)
I liked this, you have captured feeling and that is often very difficult to do, good job! One small thing that is purely personal, I didint like the line "this is war, this pain" It seemed too...awkward? I don't know, it just didint fit for me. Other than that I think you have very strong piece.