Found Poem- War is Never Moral

war is never moral 

war kills and does so with no remorse 

however it grants us the ability to see our lives as precious 

In the way that you don’t appreciate the glow of sun until the winter comes 

because war is in everything  

war is fought in your home  

war fallows us, as its roots can be found in our own human inadequacies 

our want for self actualization is unfulfillable

how could war possibly have a moral as a fairy tale does

how could ending anothers life lead to any true triumph

nothing was won

it was cheated

war is a lake without water

it is unbelievable in any form but experience

explaining war is like explaining yourself

it is embarrassing and revealing

it uncovers our desires and fears and our biases towards justice

war ends like a memory

it doesn’t

the bloodshed will live on forever

like a river of grief it flows

but perhaps this river ends in a rainbow

a rainbow of what was won which triumphs over what was lost

but isn’t a rainbow made of the same thing as a river?

water is water

war is war

war is for the hero 

but what if the hero is the coward