War?
The downsides of war override the upsides
Love
Although the use of war is sometimes considered necessary it does not cover up the many negative impacts. Family life and relationships are destroyed by wars that take away loved ones to fight and sometimes never come back. In one heart-breaking poem written by a soldier to his wife he writes," Lonely, wanting of your love. An ocean away, praying to God above. Missing you, my wife"(Cost 15). Leaving behind families to provide for the themselves, taking away the main source of work away is not right. So ask yourself, is war the only option?
Gone
Here a deceased soldier is being carried back to base to be identified and then his family will be notified of the terrible impacts of war that took away their father, their husband.
Alone
A single mother with her newborn baby gets the news that her husband as been killed because of the war and is now thinking about how she will live on her own. All because of the war this women and child will have some very difficult years ahead.
Goodbye Forever?
A wife hugs her husband as he is about to deploy for war. The emotion on their faces give away the affects on family because of the war. She doesn't even know if she will ever see him again. All she can do is pray.
Survive
An account of a soldiers return home
How did you survive the war?
The blast hit his unarmored door
Pieces of shrapnel struck his arm
But beyond that, there was not too much harm
Like the bombs of the western front, during WWI
Patrolling Bagdad was better when it was done
Was war always this way?
One's true nature shows during the stray
Back at home I forgot what I did
Who I was, and how I lived
Through this poem it is evident that the affects of war are not only dangerous while it is happening but after as well. War can completely change someone and they forget what it is like at home before all the damage was done from war. To make people go through this is not necessary, post war depression is alive and well and a huge threat to many soldiers that survive the abyss of war.