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Apocalypse - World War I
2014
Wasn't this promoted as the "War to end all Wars"
Eager to join, those ignorant souls
Rallied behind the sound of noises, sold
None wanted to miss a chance at fame
Or be called out by their brothers and put to shame
None had experienced the battle cries
Or could conceivably imagine the horrors invented
It became a field for new weapons tried
Their fate, of mass death, was already cemented
Most went to the front line, grossly ill equipped
Believing they'll return soon, as they got shipped
Neither bunker nor trenches were safe harbor to troops amass
Choking, convulsing, fighting to breathe
As they succumbed to the poisonous gases
Lungs crying out, as you hear life's last wheeze
Clambering to climb out of death trap trenches
Only to be ensnared by razor infused barbed wire fences
Then mowed down by bullets thousands per second
From machine guns, another unknown weapon
And what new monster is this item called "tank"
Crushing everything beneath its metal tracks
As all hope of survival drained and sank
Leaving the officers and generals dumb founded in their barracks
And if these were not enough to demoralize the most patriotic spirit
There was that deadly shower that rained down from the flying bird
The only glory lost souls got was a shiny badge of merit
There is no end to this gory tale you must have heard
In trenches, on land and from the sky came the death calling
Over twenty million lost their lives as those innocent bodies kept falling
Those scenes from "Apocalypse World War I, imprinted on my mind
Why intelligence keeps failing, the reason, I cannot find.
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Author:
Suresh (
Offline) - Published: March 5th, 2019 10:30
- Comment from author about the poem: I saw this program on History Channel, and am unable to forget the horrific images. No limits to which humans would not go to destroy their fellow brethren.
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WHILE THEY ARE NICELY TUCKED, COUNTING THEIR COINS
Personally, I know and believe that God had created the Heavens and earth, and Armageddon will not come until Christ Jesus returns.
God is our creator.
Jesus saves.
Persistence is key
War and its causes have never stopped. They are mans basic instinct, and God has no part in it.
If you wish to credit God with creation, then He has be credited with all aspects as well, negative and positive.
Let your beliefs guide you.
there is no such thing as a good war.. and they certainly got it wrong from the very start with this one....back before Christmas they said..... N
In the name of God and for the glory of the country, are the legs that carry our torso into the brutality of war.
Thnx for visiting
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