#gas attack

GRIM AFTERMATH OF A GAS ATTACK -- "WAR IS A BLACK HOLE TO AVOID."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a WWI-themed art piece titled "Dressing the Wounded During a Gas Attack," pastels on paper, artwork by English artist/occultist, Austin Osman Spare, c. 1919.

Resolution at 765x1023 & 715x960.

ARTWORK OVERVIEW: "A wounded British infantryman has his left leg dressed by a man of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Both men wear gas masks as a gas attack is in progress. The wounded man sits beside a bomb damaged tree stump, the RAMC man sitting at his feet with his back to the viewer. The foreground is littered with medical kit, debris and the hand of a dead soldier encroaches into the composition. A shell violently explodes in the background."

-- IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM (IWM Art Collection)

Echoes of Halabja: A poem of Tragedy and Triumph — A poem by Me

In fair land of Kurdistan Where we lay our scene There lies a city Called Halabja serene

But on a day of woe A tyrant's wrath did reign And in his fury Thousands did he slay

A city so proud Woke up under a deadly cloud With poison gas so vile It silenced every other sound

The screams of the dying The cries of despair As they suffocated Unable to bear

Families torn apart With cries of fear and pain As their loved ones fell Like leaves in a hurricane

But we still remember We honour the dead The unforgotten victims Forever in our hearts etched

But in the end The tyrant finally fell And they were free once more To build their own story to tell

Now the serene city still stands A testament to their might A reminder of their struggle And a reminder of their fight

For freedom, and for liberation In fair Kurdistan, a new generation Will live in peace, and never more Experience the terrors of that fateful day of yore

We remember those who fell And the ones who went Their courage shone Even in their descent They fought with might Until the very last scent

Cause and Effect by Pokeydotes