#wwiii - Hello Poetry

I can't watch these young boys Get drafted into war. Bullet wounds and mental scars Body blasted up to Mars. I can't watch my best friends Get shackled to a trench Wrist bound, on the ground Taken and sorely missed Fighting for a cause That they can't even name Trump called up his war And the press called up their names Now they're stripped and stolen No identity, no face A rifle in their right hand In the left a hand grenade Left to suffocate in their thoughts As player 2 takes aim Finding stillness in the panic Losing themselves in the game And everyday they look back And think of what their life could've been Had the soulless imposter in office Not taken life from them

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Jun 25, 2025

Jun 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM UTC

AylaGrey_poems

Lost Names

I can't watch these young boys Get drafted into war. Bullet wounds and mental scars Body blasted up to Mars. I can't watch my best friends Get shackled to a trench Wrist bound, on the ground Taken and sorely missed Fighting for a cause That they can't even name Trump called up his war And the press called up their names Now they're stripped and stolen No identity, no face A rifle in their right hand In the left a hand grenade Left to suffocate in their thoughts As player 2 takes aim Finding stillness in the panic Losing themselves in the game And everyday they look back And think of what their life could've been Had the soulless imposter in office Not taken life from them

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So many, too many students had COVID two weeks ago. My parents were supposed to come for a visit, and midterms were on the horizon - so I decided to go ahead and get covid - to get it over with. I’ve been around a dozen people who later that day tested positive, but somehow I’ve never come down with it myself. Peter caught it and was isolated in his suite (two of his suitemates had it). I went to see him, surreptitiously hoping he’d pass it on, but Lisa (the traitor) texted him and he Lysoled his entire suite and wouldn’t let me in - saying exposing me went against his “moral code.” rolling eyes Now midterm season is on us and a lot of people I know are in crisis. That happens a lot in test times. This place is so cutthroat and competitive. You can get so deep in your own head that it becomes a ***** fish bowl of anxiety. The delightful cocktail of pandemic, WWIII and midterm stress gel, in some minds, to form a sweet, unhinging mix. My major tests are over (good for me, yay for me!) but I’m not parking my study playlist just yet. I have a couple of papers due. While those don’t stress me like tests, they’ll keep me busy, like everyone else - there’s always a feeling of being behind it and frantically busy here. We were trying to plan an actual, REAL spring break - that didn’t involve 11 hour layovers and 5 hour bus rides. Something NOT held in a parent’s apartment - someplace adult and private. Then my Grandmère offered us an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris, saying I could bring three friends and stay at the Hotel de Crillon. A week in Paris with Lisa, Leong and Anna sounds delicious - of course, I told them how positively uncouth it would be to refuse - we’ll see.

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Mar 12, 2022

Mar 12, 2022 at 12:04 PM UTC

anaisvionet

19, midterms and spring break

So many, too many students had COVID two weeks ago. My parents were supposed to come for a visit, and midterms were on the horizon - so I decided to go ahead and get covid - to get it over with. I’ve been around a dozen people who later that day tested positive, but somehow I’ve never come down with it myself. Peter caught it and was isolated in his suite (two of his suitemates had it). I went to see him, surreptitiously hoping he’d pass it on, but Lisa (the traitor) texted him and he Lysoled his entire suite and wouldn’t let me in - saying exposing me went against his “moral code.” rolling eyes Now midterm season is on us and a lot of people I know are in crisis. That happens a lot in test times. This place is so cutthroat and competitive. You can get so deep in your own head that it becomes a ***** fish bowl of anxiety. The delightful cocktail of pandemic, WWIII and midterm stress gel, in some minds, to form a sweet, unhinging mix. My major tests are over (good for me, yay for me!) but I’m not parking my study playlist just yet. I have a couple of papers due. While those don’t stress me like tests, they’ll keep me busy, like everyone else - there’s always a feeling of being behind it and frantically busy here. We were trying to plan an actual, REAL spring break - that didn’t involve 11 hour layovers and 5 hour bus rides. Something NOT held in a parent’s apartment - someplace adult and private. Then my Grandmère offered us an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris, saying I could bring three friends and stay at the Hotel de Crillon. A week in Paris with Lisa, Leong and Anna sounds delicious - of course, I told them how positively uncouth it would be to refuse - we’ll see.

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Bullets made of lead Brave soldiers blood keeps getting shed IEDs and S-vest go off leaving captain America with TBI and shrapnel in his head America said it’s only my 3rd day out here so why must y’all choose to put me 6 feet deep in my bed My winter nights supposed to be cold not ****** When I said a vacation far from everyone I didn’t mean in ROTC crawling on the ground getting muddy And I won’t say names But this countries deck of cards hasn’t been the same since we added the 45th card and now he keeps receiving the wrong kind of fame I don’t have a problem with the man it’s more his beliefs choices and antics Airstrikes on foreign countries now WW3 is trending and everyone’s in a panic College students scared to file their FAFSA because they’re scared to be drafted To think I almost brought a child in this world To think I almost married one of my friends to keep her in her first world of choice and not taken back to her third world People get married in court rooms then take pictures in front of the courthouse and settle for dutty pigeons flying over head instead of the white doves No flower girl in sight just kids forced to dress up and smile for their parents wedding picture but it’s the fifth guy they’ve seen their mother with so they’re confused as to what is really love Most women dreams of an elaborate wedding get shot down and crushed due to the fear of immigration looming Now men’s dreams of being able to protect and provide for their family get replanned for them by getting shipped to war to prevent nuclear bombs to get to booming Instead of making peace we’re bombing people Before getting out of one war we’re deployed to the next Low morale and fatigue get us captured and tortured now the enemy is recording a video of chopping off our necks We just sent 700 troops to the Middle East to prepare for a war that’s imminent If not WW3 scale there’s a war coming And when it comes I’ll be running Not towards the bullets but in the opposite direction Up north and make my new national anthem oh Canada and sipping a Canada Dry And if I look at the news and hear sad reports about my former country I probably won’t have a tear in my eye

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Jan 4, 2020

Jan 4, 2020 at 10:28 PM UTC

GeminiTruesdale

America The Great

Bullets made of lead Brave soldiers blood keeps getting shed IEDs and S-vest go off leaving captain America with TBI and shrapnel in his head America said it’s only my 3rd day out here so why must y’all choose to put me 6 feet deep in my bed My winter nights supposed to be cold not ****** When I said a vacation far from everyone I didn’t mean in ROTC crawling on the ground getting muddy And I won’t say names But this countries deck of cards hasn’t been the same since we added the 45th card and now he keeps receiving the wrong kind of fame I don’t have a problem with the man it’s more his beliefs choices and antics Airstrikes on foreign countries now WW3 is trending and everyone’s in a panic College students scared to file their FAFSA because they’re scared to be drafted To think I almost brought a child in this world To think I almost married one of my friends to keep her in her first world of choice and not taken back to her third world People get married in court rooms then take pictures in front of the courthouse and settle for dutty pigeons flying over head instead of the white doves No flower girl in sight just kids forced to dress up and smile for their parents wedding picture but it’s the fifth guy they’ve seen their mother with so they’re confused as to what is really love Most women dreams of an elaborate wedding get shot down and crushed due to the fear of immigration looming Now men’s dreams of being able to protect and provide for their family get replanned for them by getting shipped to war to prevent nuclear bombs to get to booming Instead of making peace we’re bombing people Before getting out of one war we’re deployed to the next Low morale and fatigue get us captured and tortured now the enemy is recording a video of chopping off our necks We just sent 700 troops to the Middle East to prepare for a war that’s imminent If not WW3 scale there’s a war coming And when it comes I’ll be running Not towards the bullets but in the opposite direction Up north and make my new national anthem oh Canada and sipping a Canada Dry And if I look at the news and hear sad reports about my former country I probably won’t have a tear in my eye

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Pain. So real I can see it. Pain. So strong it could tear me down. The pain not physical but mental is just as much to bear. For in a fight you can dodge the hit, bit venomous words always hit their mark. Screaming Slaming doors And a family stood apart And though it all I find myself dumb, for a divided home simply cannot stand.

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Dec 3, 2017

Dec 3, 2017 at 9:00 PM UTC

what-if-we-were-free

Pain

Pain. So real I can see it. Pain. So strong it could tear me down. The pain not physical but mental is just as much to bear. For in a fight you can dodge the hit, bit venomous words always hit their mark. Screaming Slaming doors And a family stood apart And though it all I find myself dumb, for a divided home simply cannot stand.

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