Nature of War
“Nature of War”
I kindled my Sabbath candles,
as sun set behind the wood
Peace of golden respite shattered,
as only death screams could
Perhaps a fox, or gentle fawn
was ambushed by coyote-
Her desperate cries in darkness,
sent terror shooting through me
Looking from an opened window,
I begged him, go away!
Too impassioned though to hear me,
he clawed harder into prey
Waning light of candles flickered,
but by quickened breaths was stoked
I prayed her suffering would end,
that swift mercy be invoked…
But her whimpers, like damp breezes
weave through autumn’s dying leaves,
still call to me as rising suns
cast shadows on the trees
About this poem
As I wrote this poem describing an animal attacking another at the very moment I was lighting my Sabbath candles, I realized it was a metaphor describing the suffering of innocents caught in the crossfires of war.
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Written on October 19, 2023
Submitted by susan.brumel on November 29, 2023
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| Scheme | X XABA XCXC XDCD BEXE XXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 649 |
| Words | 124 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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