This Must Be War

• William Zhang, Grade 5, Blaxcell Street Public School
• Poetry
• 2014

3rd in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

Controlled by savage leaders
Are the commanded ones
Destroying land of townspeople
And annihilating farmers land
Oh, this must be war.

With civilians surviving crossfires
Two sides indignant of each other
With abodes all on fire
And with grimy old attire
It is winter at night
Oh, this must be war.

Who is stronger?
The power is theirs
There is no justice
Winners choose, fair and square
Oh, this must be war.