Quake Of War

• Hayden Facer, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2016

Crying and dying
Tension in air
Twists and turns
Kills without care
The raging storm means nothing to me
Surrender I will not
The hail of gunfire and the sound it makes
reach my head as it bleeds
My kingdom come
I will reign
For loss is nothing if not vain
Betrayal and death is war
I will not win without sacrifice
For this is the risk of war
None know why or how
And this is the Quake Of War.