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Fight For The Morning
Contributed by
puppy_dog_eyes
on
Friday, 5th November 2010 @ 02:58:57 PM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Come folding mist
Hide me in a blanket of hope
That these scavengers of war do not find me
To succumb to the final cold steel of a general's reaper
I lay silent, abandoned to the whim of destiny's wheel
To be crushed under it and become the rubble of conflict
Or return, exalted, slayer of the minions of tyranny
Loyal disciple to the cause
I seek no immunity from tirade of bullets that hail down in our waking hours
Or the blast of shell that rips all bone and flesh
Prayers whispered for fading light, for this mud soaked nightmare to subside
That I may be reclaimed, sutured and redeployed
On the barren, undignified field of valor
Cold earth and empty eyes my companions in blood soaked pauses
Pierced by the wailing sirens of death
Red pools swelled with rainwater
Surround these pale, bloated corpses
Mere boys whose eyes shone with the birth of adventure
Now dulled with the fixed stare of a life used and spent.
Faint, childlike voices swim through the twilight
Pain calls my mind to surrender to sleep
For the family I left in the green fields of England
I will fight for the morning through the longest of nights
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Re: Fight For The Morning
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by emystar on
Friday, 5th November 2010 @ 03:19:54 PM AEST
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Wow, very touching write.
You did an awesome job with this. did you mean blood soaked in stead of bloadsoaked?
big huggs,
emy |
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Re: Fight For The Morning
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by lesoleilnoire on
Friday, 5th November 2010 @ 08:53:22 PM AEST
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Exquisite poem! I see the battlefield vividly and feel the soldier's intense fight for life when surrounded by death. Your writing always amazes me!
Heidi |
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Re: Fight For The Morning
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by duff on
Saturday, 6th November 2010 @ 04:00:17 PM AEST
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A fantastic piece of poetry that brings every image right before your eyes. Every line was beautifully done.
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Re: Fight For The Morning
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by deusdeira on
Tuesday, 9th November 2010 @ 07:47:19 PM AEST
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| This is such a good depiction of war. |
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Re: Fight For The Morning
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 8th February 2011 @ 01:26:50 AM AEST
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This one choked me up really bad. Powerful & excellent writing!!!
Any war is tragic and you have definitely conveyed the message with this one.
Thank you very much for posting this.
Tim
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