Thousands of free stories. Support your favorites when you're ready.
Showing stories tagged with #war-trauma Clear filter
#FridayFun Crouched - in a hole, lone; death bullets circle his home. Child, stranger to calm. Fear - a common foe, That visits with every shot. Trapped, nowhere to go.
Crouched - in a hole, lone; death bullets circle his home. Child, stranger to calm. Fear - a common foe, That visits with every shot. Trapped, nowhere to go.
Sorry that i haven't been around recently. Its been a hard week. My granddads brother passed away. Anyway, i have found out some um family past from other relatives.
Still just a child but recruited to fight. They told us their cause was just and right. They trained us and taught us the ancient lore. An army of youth, assembled for war.
Not the start of one does he announce,. Not a legible word does he pronounce,. But everyone does know what he speaks,. His face covered in smothering red streaks,.
In my hand I hold a peace In my hand I hold a peace of a war In my hand I hold a peace of a war and a peace In my hand I hold a peace of a war and a peace of a chance In my hand I hold a peace of a...
You go to war willingly,. Not for what you believe,. Or because it's right,. But to save yourself. From a real fight,. No idea that death will. Hold your hand for. Two years; bearing the.
#acrosticombined No, if I reach out, I'll see I have no hand, the trenches empty, God has deserted me, as Has my friends, my army, my family.
Don't look out on the world, sweet child, Don't look at the strife. Shut your door on the wars, sweet child, Don't let them consume your life.
Can you hear the distant shrieks. Or would you call them cries. For I relive them in my dreams and hear them when I close my eyes.
Can you balance me upon your knee. Then lay me down to set me free.
They stare at me, those empty beds, but then I can't bare to look back; instead, content In mind to gaze away, averting sore, Salt-ruddy orbs, I'm ignoring the pain: The lance-like thrust invading my...
I’m here in the English Trenches, , I just hope this war ends soon. I have a terrible secret. It’s been with me since I was 16, 19 years ago today. I’m Jonathan, but everyone calls me Johnny.
The day before he arrived life was predictable and safe but now his cowered image now puts a frown upon her face the rabbit-boy with floppy ears covering his eyes his puckered red mouth open in...
I only saw it through a video, Those children suffering, their Tears drying on their cheeks As their breathing is stolen By their own people, the same Men they were taught to call Father, uncle,...
Daddy said you shouldn't play with guns. Daddy said people can get hurt, or worse, dead. Daddy said if someone hits you, then hit them back. So when they fired that rocket, I fired one back.
They say time is a great healer But I can't agree I was one of the lucky ones Or am I, I can no longer see Blinded by an artillery blast But at least I made it out alive I lock away those memories I...
It was days before they moved him And his bloodied face I had to kick off the rats No burial in this hellish place I wrote a letter to mother That he died in my loving arms Reassure her remaining...
#wewillrememberthem It was my nineteenth birthday yesterday I didn't celebrate on my own My twin brother James is here Together we have loved and grown It's been raining for endless days All around...
Artillery blitzed the enemy all night. Over one million shells it was quite a fright. Us Tommys aimed to blow up their barbed wire. For as a prospect to us it was rather dire.
My back is sore,. My limbs are shaking,. In this war,. I'll continue waking,. Death day by day,. And the pain in their eyes,. Making my way,. As the others still die,. Sweaty palms,.
(An old Opuss I deleted) I never sleep anymore, Because when I do I wake in an awful sweat. And the last thing I have heard is screams of good men gone dead.
Gone ... are the fatigues Gone ... is the d.u.s.t Gone ... are the rifles Gone is the Trust Gone ... is the power Gone ... is the need Gone are HIS children Gone ... is the greed Gone ...
It was a long day, that day The same as every other The stars shone bright and cold And we were all quiet as mice We knew what was to come soon We all knew what would happen The events to come...