He didn’t know what he was fighting.
He didn’t know what was beyond the walls.
He was naïve, still just a boy.
He didn’t know, couldn’t know–
965Please respect copyright.PENANAlbbFIER3le
I slammed my fist against the tree,
A sickening crack accompanied by an uncomfortable numbness,
Blood seeping from the places bark had dug into the skin.
I didn’t care, didn’t feel a thing.
965Please respect copyright.PENANA2MxCFTVN7u
He didn’t know, and because of his oblivion, he was dead.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAx65EzQMpU8
They were horrid, and inhumanely cruel, and they were ruthless…
But they were powerful.
They proved to me that humanly morals didn’t matter worth heck;
The only thing that made any difference was power–
965Please respect copyright.PENANAYOoDjnU9il
Power that they had, that we didn’t have.
Power that would decide our secret little war,
The war that many were ignorant to,
And that many more believed we were winning.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAwEbgxM0sGF
We weren’t; we couldn’t win.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAheyJjE9aFP
We were flesh and blood; they were cold, indestructible metal.
We had hearts and minds; we made decisions for ourselves.
They had no heart, no thoughts of their own; they followed orders without question and without hesitation.
They didn’t rebel against their leaders; they worked with a terrifying perfection.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAFZHH3eB38A
There was no way for us to win. We couldn’t.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAjd1R6mcFZV
He was only one of the boys we’d already lost, and they were only the first
Among a tidal wave of deaths, a wave that was soon to open up and unleash itself upon us.
We may have built them to help us, to fulfill our human needs,
But that wasn’t what they were going to do.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAFmTyarlZBw
They turned long ago, and now there was no turning back.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAs16RWtyiqr
He died, and now the rest of us would as well.
965Please respect copyright.PENANAFCBgGIEgUJ
Good bye…
965Please respect copyright.PENANA5yv5T4H42Z
~*~*~*~965Please respect copyright.PENANAHm3lVqmF5e
965Please respect copyright.PENANAlEbjCgmugH
As per usual, a thank-you goes out to my wonderful readers! Thank you for taking a chance on my writing and even more for any feedback (anything at all) you might have.965Please respect copyright.PENANAGTE6Iq8IAD
I hope you liked these first two issues, and will continue to enjoy further poems.
Again, thanks sincerely for reading!965Please respect copyright.PENANAQzspmQxxqg
~Raine965Please respect copyright.PENANAH4WCqDXTaF