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Rivers of Blood

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Like a broken mirror, life has shattered into a thousand pieces
Shards of myself falling into an abyss of despair
Gunshots echo from within the Green
as the remnants of my individuality
are crushed beneath the heels of the Heartless Ones

The Nation is the after-image of a dream,
The figment of a long lost memory
flickering dimly like embers in the inky murk of darkness
Once tranquil waters turn a dark red,
As rivers of blood begin to flow

There is no way to stem the flood, as the essence
of humanity breaches the dam

Through the looking glass, my Reflection
Slits the throat of a man
Who stands against its cause,
With a sense of perverse pleasure,
It smiles to itself as the man's body drops to the ground
With a soft thud

Morality perishes along with him,
Left beside the byways to be consumed by maggots

"They killed your parents, your family" the voices tell me,
Echoing through the Void
"Show them the same mercy"

Dancing with the bayonet, I pirouette
Delineating the grotesque picture of despair,
With a paintbrush fashioned from human bone

My shadow, severs itself from my tattered being
Taking refuge as it hides from the eyes of God
In fear, the sun retreats behind looming storm clouds

Billowing smoke rises to heavens,
As the old ways burn
Consumed by flame
My god, this has to be hardest poem I've written thus far. I wrote at least three or four alternate lines for the first draft alone.I spent at least an hour writing and rewriting the first and second lines so many times because I was unable to convey the horror of warfare. The subject matter was dark, something which by now I've made my signature style. The prompt for the poem was based off of a very powerful memoir called "A Long Way Gone".

I feel there is much more here that I should hone and improve. Feel free to give me open criticism.

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palleor's avatar
You did a great job!