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Prompt: Write a poem about war, and expressing your thoughts on war, without using any words related to violence (i.e. struggle, guns, fist, anger, war, fight, etc.)

Is it worth it?

The silence masks the midday sun,
The world under a foreign shadow.
A deserted land crossed with tracks,
where men with nervous faces fidget.

Is it worth it?

Men prepare, for what they do not know
and all is silent. Still silent. Then on the horizon
more men. Another pack, as large as the first.
The move to meet under the scorching desert sun.
There arms connect in a strange embrace.

Is it worth it?

And the earth begins to hum.
Quiet at first, then louder.
What approaches none know.
They wonder what they go toward,
and know it cannot be right.

Is it worth it?

Then a night begins.
And when the sun arises,
none are left to tell the story
None are left to answer the burning question

Is it worth it?

And in another land, another time
men with nervous faces begin to fidget.
and still do not know...