Write a poem using words from a famous letter or a letter from your own collection.
Fight on and fight strong because I know it won’t be long,
Until I die or return home, I hope it won’t be alone,
I can’t help but feel that all of this is wrong,
Like getting deja vu while listening to a new song.
The war goes on and on endlessly, relentlessly,
My mind tries to understand and make sense of this calamity,
I question my actions, my motives, my apathy,
But to speak against the war would get me crucified for blasphemy.
Despite potential consequences, before my passion slows,
I have to speak my mind to you, my time is drawing close,
*I believe the war is being deliberately prolonged by those,
Those who have the power to end it, but no one else even knows.
I hope you hear me loud and clear and heed these words well,
With what little time I have, I’ve no one else I can tell,
Please spread the word and share with all this my final knell,
Hurry now my child, or save us all from hell.
*Quote from Siegfried Sassoon, A Soldier’s Declaration.
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