looking at the wasteland before you, it's hard not to wonder where it all went wrong. how could it all have fallen apart?
how did you lose this war?
.
screaming is not unusual
no it is not
screaming is part of this war
it means someone got caught
.
you miss the safety your home used to provide. but a battlefield is only calm before the storm with which it collides. you couldn't have thought this peace would last.
naivety costs lives.
.
swapping dodgeballs for swords
couldn't have been smart
swapping peace for violence
is what made this piece of art
.
every inch of land is barren. you know she sees it too. her hand tense in yours, the warmth you shared running cold.
it's too late now.
.
how do you apologize
for the lives that were lost
how do you apologize
to the ones who paid the cost
.
someone starts a fire, while another grabs your bag. you know exactly what they hope to find. you've carried the silken shrines like you carried the world.
and the ashes? well, they rise.
.
is this what ruins look like?