Valentines Day 1918
written by: Steve Green
@Word_Massager
We greet the dawn
from our bed of mud
in a nameless place
that we must defend
Bland rations digested
we prepare our weapons
loading up ammunition
for the coming demolition
In the cathedral silence
prior to yet another battle
my weary eyes
can see
the cloud of death
now hovering over me
Attack and counterattack
two stubborn forces
dance over charred real estate
in a fiery embrace
Late in the day
as the sun yields the field
I feel that warm sting
ripping through my heart
The bullet forged for me
that I never did see
On my back I collapse
my extremities going numb
Alone with
my crimson unrestrained
Life ebbing away
My fate now written
I’m a casualty today
Into the ledger of death
with tears in my eyes
I gasp
fighting to my last breath
I see the fading sky
The last scene
before I die
And my last thought
is of my first love
far away
beneath the same setting sun
Into the light
I must now go
but I know
we will be
together again some day
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