You know I rant all the time against war as a means of conflict resolution...as it DOES NOT WORK! Yet, what's more appalling to me is the use of children in the fight for whatever the cause is conjured up to be. The images you'll see of these children are not what children at this age should experience. The trauma they must go through on a daily basis and long after the conflict is over, has to be hard to overcome. Thank goodness there are people out there that care and are trying to do something about this. For it's faults, and the UN has many, it also tries to do its best in helping end the use of child soldiers. This link contains pictures but also a powerful short video, if you get a chance please view, we'll take this up as we will be doing the UN in class in about a week. Click here.
the trolls are in the trenches,
ReplyDeleteslitting soldiers with sweeping scythe-claws.
the rank smell of rotting carrion,
and corpses called them with their kin.
bloody battlefields bear testament
to terrible tales untold.
and again they're aware of the damage
inflicted in the din by trolls.
folly brings fear from afar,
slaying both sides they are seen,
monsters only mourn flesh torn
by flocks of fell ravens,
the bones picked clean.
humanity's darkest myths
brought to flesh in this new dark age
clouds of unnatural mist
summon thousands to early graves
infectious agents, anthrax spores
technology made by sick minds
these creatures were summoned by constant war
how can you be surprised?
midgard has been desecrated
pretty haunting if you ask me
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