what war means

an everlasting state of conflict

forgotten and remote

disregarded and concealed

there is slaughter and bloodshed every day

hunger

pain and forced migration

so far away from your safe homes

a world engulfed in violence

none of your fathers

none of your brothers

sons and daughters lost in action

self-sacrifice

a privilege just granted to the poor

the cruelties you know are black and white

so distant in time and space

manipulated and sedated by

military vapouring about surgical precision

and righteous interventions

now they promise no feet on the ground"