Raw War

• Elana Campbell, Grade 10, Toolooa State High School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

As I stood upon the mountains
The earth began to rumble,
The smoke filled the air,
As the towns began to tumble.
The bullets were being fired
As my heart began to pound,
The echoes of the gunfire,
Overtook every other sound.
My thoughts they weren't with me
The battlefield is where they were,
The men that were dying,
What were they dying for?
Faith, land, greed or power
It had to be one of those,
For the bloodshed in these mountains,
That's the way it goes.