At War.

War

By: Erin 

Again I left my food on the shelf

Because I don’t feel like fighting today

I don’t feel like hating my insides in every way

I’m tired of fighting myself

But as my white flag went up

I felt failure -- not relief from the pain

Everyone is hoping I keep fighting my brain

But you will see my exhaustion if you look close-up

Wars kill people, destroy families, are financially destructive which is not a game

My war is just the same

My friends have died, taken their lives to escape or lost them in fight

They left this darkness and headed home to the light

My family is burdened by stress, extra issues, and strained family ties

Partly because war requires recovery which leads to financial demise

So with every war, battle or fight

Someone is wrong and someone is right

But what do you do when your brain tells you both and

Conflicted and confused would be understated to grand

But when I think about this it helps me to see

Which side will truly help set other captives free

 If darkness wins our world will continue to fill itself with false beauty

And protecting the vulnerable is a soldier’s main duty

Children deserve to grow up with parents that love not hate

And worry about grades and happiness more than appearance and weight

Wars are terrible things, hard fought, with tragic loss and pain

But it is a good fight for we are taking darkness and spreading light

It’s frustrating because we’re going to lose a battle or more

But in the end Jesus remember has already won this War