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Your Country, Your Family

May 17, 2016
By Kmckay15 BRONZE, Sloatsburg, New York
Kmckay15 BRONZE, Sloatsburg, New York
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Sitting there for hours
Dreaming and thinking about being outside with the flowers
Yearning to Hear the birds sing one more time
Stuck inside
Yet nowhere to hide
You would Hear it on the news
Never thinking it would happen to you
Your country
Your family

But day and night you Hear it
Hear the screams and shouts
You can’t sleep nor relax
There is a never ending fear
No laughter, No smiles
Just blank, expressionless faces
Everyone knows what will happen but they’re too scared to say it

But then you Hear it
Hear the whining of the engine
The propellers cutting through the air
Everyone watches
No one says a thing
You all see the doors open 
And watch in awe as it drops
Drops from 3 miles from the smoky, choking air
To your country
To your family


The author's comments:

My poem “Hear” is about the sadness and horror war can bring. It talks about family and how anything can happen. This poem can take place in anytime in history. It could be in the past like WWll in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it could be in the present like now with the threat of ISIS or other terrorist groups or it could be in the future. I got this idea for the poem by movies and songs I’ve seen and heard, also by Mrs. Frey when she said “maybe something about war.” That is what my poem “Hear” is about.


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Big Country said...
on May. 19 2016 at 5:41 pm
There's a fear down here we can't forget;
Hasn't got a name just yet.

on May. 18 2016 at 12:24 pm
tczerwinski BRONZE, Suffern, New York
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Lovin it fam!

Jsireno said...
on May. 18 2016 at 12:21 pm
I am your biggest fan