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Give Up!
October 15, 2016
"Give up!"
He said screaming.
"Give up!"
Introducing my knees to bleeding.
"Give up!"
His finger on the trigger squeezing.
"Give up."
His voice shaking
Breaking as if parading.
"Give up."
His body breaking.
His false intensity fading,
breaking the masquerading.
"Give up."
His voice pleading
Needing a bout of meaning
for this unforgiving beating.
"Give up."
His body breaking,
falling from my berating.
"Give up."
I whisper to his bleeding,
defeating the fleeting weakling.
© Claire V., Lubbock, TX
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I wrote this piece because I was intrigued with the ambiguity of war. Specifically the wars where both sides seem justified, and it's hard to definitively ascertain who the aggressor is. I just hope people understand the point I'm trying to convey.