Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Soldiers

He lay there

bleeding on the battle field

amok with rivers of blood

that flowed from the wound of his brothers

he lay there dying

blinded by the sun

thirsty, his cracked lips bled

his dry throat screamed silently for the elixir of life

he died on that battle field

with the picture of his child and beloved

embedded timelessly with the shrapnel in his heart

his eyes open, yet unseeing

he had lived as a man of honesty

unable to comprehend the monstrosity of an invasion

based on lies and propaganda

a cog in the wheel of life and death

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