It’s Not a War

This is really cool and makes a very powerful statement as I often hear people say how lucky our generation is that we haven't had to experience a war and we grew up in a time of peace but we haven't. I don't remember a time that we haven't been fighting in another country and my father returned a completely different person and now has horrible ptsd yet they don't call it a war.

My only suggestion for the poem would be to be more consistent with the "we have never seen a war" lines. I feel like it would make more of a powerful statement if you used the same statement each time.

agreed with u/7_pretzels, this poem would come off stronger if the "we have never seen a war" line was used repetitively as to emphasize the terrible things that happen today even if they weren't "as worse" as wars before.

i really, really like this. the poem sends a message to everyone that there are still harsh matters to tend to, and that even the people today aren't excluded from suffering just because we have it 'easy'.