Day of Darkness-
our mutant forms have dubbed the war behind us.
Day of Darkness-
we might be the same
if the sun would shine on us.
Day of Darkness-
hope is gone
and Pandora's Box reigns chaotic evermore.
On that fateful day
the Day of Darkness-
we launched a thousand warheads
so thick they gave the enemy shade
as Persian arrows once did the Spartans.
But these were no mere flights.
On the Day of Darkness
we blotted out the sun-
the hosts of heaven searched fruitlessly
for our planet in the tangling mass of smoke.
We released the last of our restraint
and charged for Hell-
bound for the glory
that comes with the base thirst
for blood.
No flags flew here-
there was no banner,
no uniting force,
just two men fighting each other
alive as thousands, millions of soldiers.
The Earth swarmed with men
and dripped blood.
The Poles turned red.
Those that survived the Day of Darkness
now find their bodies tortured for clean air,
a new life,
a new being.
We destroyed everything,
including ourselves.
We wait as a race to die.
The Day of Darkness swallowed us alive
and we live in the belly of the beast.
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Very dark imagery, true to the horrors of war.
But I do not see a purpose in this poem. -
First off, thanks for spell checking this. Misspelled words can often times take the focus off the poem itself, and draw attention to that one line or phrase.
Now, be careful when using the same line over and over again. Sometimes, it can produce a very elementary school feel to the words, and take away the seriousness of it. Also, the reader often times grows weary of that line after it's been repeated so many times.
If talking about the real day in history, which I assume you are, the content is dead on. So bloody and nightmarish was the scenes from this event in history, that many people think of as nothing more than a 'march on sand'. War in it's entirety is gruesome. Only thos who have faught in it themsleves can truely know what it must be like.
What a dark, tragic thing, to have to take part in.
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