The War By Carolyn

Since the war in Iraq has been reported about, I made a silent agreement with myself that whatever thoughts about the war I have I will not write about or permanently express in any way. I think this is because of some type of anger that I haven't felt before and everyone else's opinion or thought about it seemed to piss me off in one way or another. Especially any type of media or publication. The only logical thing for me to do was take my own medicine intravenously and shout out to the world how much I had an anger for this war, done so by going to protests, fly posting political posters and most of all listening to other people.

Soon I became bored of listening to other people and pissed off for all the same reasons as when the media had begun to turn it into another OJ Simpson hunt and trial. I'm afraid intravenously for me was not the correct preparation, a suppository maybe or something in my food, whichever way the medication for finding the right way to avoiding this information being force fed to me from all angles in society was and seems to be working. A simple form of humanitarianism. Probably the train of thought and views of the common people and city gents alike could have adopted before any sign of a TV in every room of your house, let alone electric.

Call me ignorant whatever, but all I know is that of a sinking feeling when the reports on the news of this atrocity prevail al around us. I don't feel that when writing this now that a description or any words I would like to use could be any different form those already wrote or said. Nothing thought provoking could ever be written and described to its tee as to how it feels for each and every one of us in our hearts.

Be selfish for a minute and remembering how it makes you feel to be caught up in this holy war ask yourself if that could possibly be halfway to how our grandparents and great grandparents may have thought in the wars gone past. That simple form of humanitarianism - a wondering what for the future this could bring.

Confusion and no real valid opinion. Empathy for those directly hurting, mentally and physically. A strong feeling of being scared for yourself - what if?.. Maybe we should forget 'the country' the government' just for a while we compose ourselves to cope with what just might be. We soon might have to cry. To feel the pain of a direct link in this war. We might just be fucked.

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