World War One - Poem
Into the Trenches

In the trenches of warfare
Torn by the hatred and fear that is Theirs
Torn, like the ground overhead
My friends, fellow soldiers, lie on the uncaring bed
Of flith, shells and battle scarred land
Turn away, close my ears and eyes, take my hand

Their cries slice through the night
Darkness can never silence their fright
It can never stop the memories
Only I, and no one else, can ever see
What was done to them and I
This storm of shellshock has no eye
No calm before, after or deep inside
But always just there, in the black abyss of
The needlessness of war

(c)2001 Sarah Wong (IriskissProductions)
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