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Shell Shocked (1917)
Contributed by
Harlequin
on
Saturday, 8th October 2005 @ 09:39:38 AM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Oh God, I wish to hell I was not here this day
to witness with my eyes the price we have to pay
for bodies of dead men lay strewn across the field
some with limbs, some with none, but all lay still.
I look over toward the east to the endless scene
men going forth over fields that once were green
advancing slowly amid the noise and the clarion call
I see the shells, the bullets, I can see each man fall.
The harshness of the reality has struck me numb
for no one had warned me of what was to come
they put a gun in my hand, filled my head full of lies
taught me to kill, then they waved me goodbye.
I put my hands over my eyes to block the view I see
unbalanced I fall forward to the ground, to my knees
I lay shaking, scared within this battlefield torn
I curl up like a foetus in a womb, yet to be born.
Copyright ©
Harlequin
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2005-10-08 09:39:38]
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Re: Shell Shocked (1917)
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by jigsma on
Saturday, 8th October 2005 @ 09:46:17 AM AEST
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| Wow, oh wow!! VERY powerful!! Excellent!! |
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Re: Shell Shocked (1917)
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by poetrygirl1991 on
Saturday, 8th October 2005 @ 09:51:47 AM AEST
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i loved your poem such deep thoughts and the true reality of war. you can completely imagine everything thats happening right now in your poem. keep writing once again awesome poem
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Re: Shell Shocked (1917)
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 8th October 2005 @ 02:57:09 PM AEST
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War is hell, and the imagery you have given conveys the sense of death, and perhaps rebirth.
Thank You..
Raquel Leah :D |
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