the threads in her head

War be like cosmetic.
Its bold mascara adding a glow to eyes
except it be a vacant glow,

Its gruesome bloody sights
scattered around the battleground
detached arms and thighs
like make-up brushes
applying powder or blush
highlighting hollow cheeks

because, lately,
it is fashionable,
to have slight hollow cheeks,
and to be thin from a loss of appetite
(because dead mutilated bodies are a gruesome sight)
looking as though,
one will break
any moment.