War of all nations
Lost,
Physically & mentally,
Unaccompanied and,
Seconds away from death,
Imagine!
Over 90 thousand soldiers,
Trapped by;
Mines,
Barbed wires and
Dying fields.
Bending, running, shooting
Through the tunnel zone,
Flinching, freezing, ducking
Through no mans land.
Left,
Dirty haired, dirty scalps
Filthy bearded sobbing men
Groaning for morphine
To relief their pain,
Of constant choking fumes,
Infectious wounds, turning graves,
And vomiting tears burning their faces.
Some cocaine will keep them alive
In their mind for a while,
To reduce distraction
Of their very limited communication
Between their parents and siblings
Nurses decorated
Dangly jaws, whilst their
Skeleton teeth rotted away.
Waking up next to death,
Became so cheap
Waiting, waiting, waiting
For the next explosion.
Gunshots as greetings,
Pretty much like
A fake friend,
‘How would you like your eggs in the morning?’
With a stab in the back.
Inhaling the stench of dead animals,
YES
They too suffered
From all the chemical fumes, LEFT
Dead rabbits, rats, mice, cows, chickens and horses.
The ground even cried blood,
Booby traps, shells, tripwires and grenades,
Cutting the battlefields like razors.
Chaos took over peaceful innocence
To God’s home
Of a perfect exquisite
Creation!
To result in,
Medals from bravery,
Killing and looking respectable,
For their country,
Resting their cold blood amongst their fellow soldiers.
Families and friends left sadden
By their losses
With very little money to express
Words on their tombstone,
You wouldn’t believe
The grief for just one word.
Sitira Williams