Poets, please describe "WAR"...?

Question

What do you think of when you imagine "war"? Please be describtive, as if you're writing a poem. Just want to see everyone's poetic descriptions/feelings about a gruesome habit that we humans consist of.

Answer 1

I survived VietNam.
When I think of war there is only one thing I can think of:
DEATH.

That is, you know, the purpose of war; to kill each other and impose the strongest will on the loser.

Then if you survive you have nightmares and see ghosts every night in your dreams.

You want a poets view of war? Here's mine.

Nam Dreams
From deep in sleep, in a cold sweat,
I will sometimes awake.
My legs will tremble and be weak,
My body then will shake.

The visions in my mind I see,
A time so long ago.
Of all the faces that I knew,
And those I didn't know.

I see those faces once again,
The heroes of their day.
They fought and died for freedom's sake,
That is the solder's way.

The ones of us who made it back,
Will not forget that sight.
The way our nation treated us,
Just wasn't even right.

We fought and died to make Nam free,
That's what we all were told.
The ones who did not go to fight,
Sat back and judged us cold.

The faces that I see at night,
Say set the record straight.
We did not kill for mirth and fun,
We sit by heaven's gate.

We did our best, we gave our lives.
Then we were treated bad.
They said we murdered little kids,
A lie that's very sad.

We tried to save them every one,
But we all tried in vain.
I lost a lot of good friends there,
In Nam's continued rain.

I see their faces in my sleep,
It makes me wake at night.
I pray my children never need,
To go off for a fight.

So when you see a man like me,
Who's been so scarred by strife.
Then know that I still need a friend,
To help me through this life.

The last war I want to ever see.

Answer 2

War is an example
Of greed and human rot
While our leaders turn cold on us
The soldiers are plain HOT!!!

In case you hadn't noticed, I like a man in uniform

Answer 3

If it were not for war ... we might still have slavery.
If it were not for war ... we might be speaking German.
If it were not for war ... we might be part of the Soviet Union.
If it were not for war ... we might be counting bodies in New York again.
If it were not for war ... Nancy Pelosi might not be Speaker of the House.