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The Battle

Rage fades as fog clears

A haughty general cheers

blood soaked sweet sand

and not very many still stand

Husbands, sons, lovers and fools have died

Wives, mothers, and lovers have cried

Tears shed for bodies yet to die

Too young yet thrown into battle to try

I stand and look at the lives ruined before me

I remain irresolute as to which emotion to be

Am i happy my country has won?

or am i lost in oppressive depression at the young lives now done?

Troops walk away, yet i remain

and ponder what battles like this have to gain.

Broken families, widows, and languid mothers

Empty, nefarious children, and broken hearted lovers

I stand and watch over the dead, but not out of pride.

I look out over the fresh corpses and wonder how many have been told sweet lies.

Lies about  an afterlife of honor and glory

or maybe they just remained sorry.

I watched thinking with love,

As incandescent souls raised above

Ludicrous felt i

as i watched the shimmering souls fly high.

Their beauty mollified my troubled mind

and as they made their way up their pride shined.

When their nondescript figures finally vanished

I thought of one thing i wished

To end the living soldiers journey

To let them finally be free. 

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  • Vanilla Bean
    February 26, 2008
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    Good poem...I liked it.Good job.
    -Bean-