It is x-mas in Sarajevo at the end of 93,
we sit in our bunkers my platoon, my thoughts and me.
We have written our letters and share a silent moment,
outside are still hot bodies that no family will ever
have amongst them.
It is x-mas in sarajevo i am a lieutenant of 23,
not knowing why i sit here
except that this is where my heart led me
and I dreamt of making a difference
if for only one.
It is winter in Sarajevo snow is falling
we gather around our x-mas tree
decorated with empty beer cans and munition cartridges
we still hear the wounded scream and wonder
if this is what Santa brought us
It is lonely in Sarajevo no one is singing a song
the snipers on the hills have kept their silence
a moment or two too long.
Young and former idealists have made death
a friend for tonight
It is x-mas in Sarajevo and a shot breaks the silence,
a child is hit in the stomach carrying water to her parents
such a x-mas not red for joy and love,
but red for death and violence.
it is x-mas in Sarajevo and my hearth died some more.
Author notes
Written December 23rd, 2005
A contest entry
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Thank you for entering and good luck!!!
Megan -
Love the emotion in this piece. Very interesting. Good write. I loved it. Great job my friend. Keep it up, Take care xoxoxo
~Tori~
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Powerful!
Very well done! (Too well for so early in the morning!) Thanks for sharing! -
Very powerful emotion here... And you get the sense of loneliness (and impotence) very well. But should it really be "hearth" in the final line? Or 'heart'
And, I just wonder... the first lines of the first two stanzas end with 'three'? Had you thought of maintaining this throughout... You could get some very interesting effects...
Particularly as in Bosnia the whole atmosphere is so very tripartite? -
Nothing like the voice of experience to bring it home, harsh and clear. Very poignant and effective; well done!
I salute your service and survival
~Gen
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thanks for the comment it is apreciated :-)
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wonders of war never brings peace, just hope that it may end and have peace in ones life again.. this has got to be the hardest thing to write about, I am glad to see it posted here and good luck in the contest..Linda
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Wow! This was intense. I can not imagine how it was to have such a stumped x-mas, when looking at the tree would not bring jolly, but misery. Thanks for sharing your experience with us, d-amour! I wish you best of luck in the contest! 
Jim
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