Villanelle
Alicia May Niehaus Give me a reason to keep on fighting Tell me that this war isn’t worth nothing Show me that our actions aren’t just inciting. It seems that our actions are just rewriting The countless battles fought to prevent more brawling. Give me a reason to keep on fighting. To the ghosts of past men who died to protect their death from repeating I’m sorry if you can hear the guns behind me racing Won’t someone show me that our actions aren’t just inciting. This all seems that we’re just reciting The same story that history keeps telling If you could then, give me a reason to keep on fighting Maybe the papers in the end will give us something. Too bad its red ink that makes the writing Show me that our actions aren’t just inciting. We fight with each other in hopes of uniting We rip off each other's arms off with hope that in the end our hands will be shaking. Please give me a reason to keep on fighting Show me that our actions aren’t just inciting. Alicia May Niehaus is a Senior. She wrote this poem for Ms. Barbour's Poetry Today Elective Course.
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Epiphany Literary Magazine is a safe space for students at Franklin High School to share their creativity. Archives '16-'20
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