history
Writing
Forgotten: The Holocaust
By Alexa SchniedersThe horror, the brutality
eats away at my heart until I no longer
see the need to go on.
I bite my lip,
holding in the
rage,
the remorce
the screams
I want the world to hear.
but they won’t.
Turning Life Into an Art
By Rachel FranklinWhat are we here for?
Might there be a purpose that is more?
Maybe only time can tell the true meanings of our lives; it doesn’t lie.
That’s the power behind our efforts that continue till we die.
Vintage War
By Dotty HarrisonLife to all, the empty promise
I’ve found something new
Take your script and watch it slip through
Cracks so obvious
A Trench in Hell
By Patrick BarryRain floods the trenches on a cold darkened night,
And the battle drags on. How long must they fight?
Rats grow fat as they feast on the dead.
The constant shell impacts get to the head.
You keep your bayonet close, and your eye on no-man’s-land,
Story of the Stone
By Blaire GinsburgMinor fissures,
Just hairline cracks,
Spread slowly
At first,
Fine lines on a
Smooth surface;
Creeping across a
Marble plain,
Barely making
A sound, but
Marking - scarring