Wheels of war

[Seff vi Britannia]

Seff volume #1, #6. :D

The stub in my mouth idly drops to the floor,
Stretch my shoulders and sigh, for my rest is no more.
I turn off the safety, strap on my gear,
With these angels beside me i have nothing to fear,
Click-Cluck, go the wheels of war.

I can only predict a mundane ending,
greatly elaborated in the tabloids pending.
The poet and prose - singing my name
But I will know the truth, when i'm stricken and lame.
Click-Cluck, go the wheels of war.

My angels, my comrades, those who keep me.
Subordinates, friends, with glory fleeting.
Nothing just in the world that we stay,
Little do we fight for, yet we do what we may.
Click-Cluck, go the wheels of war.

The man in Whitehall sips his drink in trepidation.
"What news from the front, what news for the nation?"
I'll tell him what news, if he came here himself
He cowers in his office behind the phone on his shelf.
Click-Cluck, go the wheels of war.

Fighting for economy, for "Freedom." For "Truth."
Fighting for hypocrisy, for lies and a noose.
And if we were to stop? The ones who perish,
We reject the ideals and we sit back with relish.
The politician can't have his war,
And the bankers won't fret no more.
Foreign relations can sort it themself,
And the aging generals can watch their health,
For we, the soldiers, shall fall no more.

[Isis]

That's a good one, Sam but there are a few grammar mistakes :P

Firstly, you should use I for I, rather then i, that's just simpleness.

Click-Cluck, go the wheels of this war.
Too many syllables in this line imo. Would work better without the word 'this'.

I turn of the safety
I think you mean turn off :P

greatly elaborated, in the tabloids pending.
There doesn't need to be a comma in the middle of the sentence. Flow sounds better.

Fighting for hipocrisy,
Hypocrisy :P

Other then spelling and small grammar things, I liked this poem. Well done :)

[Seff vi Britannia]

Oh, grammar can kiss my ass. -.-

[Jaran]

Your ass can kiss itself, it doesn't need grammar to do that.

Anywho, it's a decent poem. I can't help but feel weird reading poems about war done by a 15 year old, though. Especially when the only thing you know about it is what you see on TV, read in books and mags, and see in video games.

Sorry if that's harsh, I'm just trying to express myself. :)

[Seff vi Britannia]

:P I know, i actually tried to express that slightly in the poem. It's like my dad says (he was in the army) it's nothign like what you see on TV or in the movies. There's no heroic last stands or anything like that, theres no super-powered soldiers, there is just, and i qoute "normal men with a job to do."

but of course, due to influences, i can't think of this, and i often portray soldiers in far too heroic terms.

"
I can only predict a mundane ending,
greatly elaborated in the tabloids pending.

"

:P
but i getwhat you're saying. My dad was reluctant to come to MilSim events with me because it reminded him of war, where he'd watched good friends die.