My poem is about the starts of the two parties in Colombia: Conservatives and Liberals. I wrote it 

from the perspective of a Colombian citizen. I did some research and this event is important because this 

separation made a third group with different thoughts, which then became Las FARC. I wrote this poem 

in the poetic form of terza rima and at the end a  rhyming couplet. 

 

“What side to choose? The biggest decision of my life”

We were free as a bee,

But not for a lot.

We could finally live.

We were outsiders, or not?

The conflict was over

We thought we were out of the plot.

The government misused the power

It was horrible, as if we only had peace in our shower

They were abusive, parents in the house

All this happen because they had different thoughts. 

No one could stand them, not even a mouse.

We were divided 

At the end all we saw were shots

We needed to choose a side 

They got knots.

We could have died

No one ate

We at least tried

Liberals were the state

They were against the church 

Jose Ezequiel was the one to create.

Jose Ezequiel against Mariano Ospina

Conservatives were the church

The war was a search.

What side?

We tried…