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Convoy Duty - Victims Of The Wolfpack
Contributed by
Killer
on
Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 02:00:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
Nostalgic
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The cold, dark, oily water,
Seeks to close over my head,
As I struggle upwards,
With limbs that feel like lead.
The haunting, creaking, popping sounds,
Come from somewhere down below.
No longer can I hold my breath,
And my struggles start to slow.
I think that I will just give in,
And not prolong the agony,
But death and fate are cheated,
As grasping hands reach out for me.
They pull me to the surface,
As my head breaks through the swells,
I take a gasping, burning breath,
And face a different sort of hell.
The screams of hurt and dying men,
Are carried across the waves,
Surely, they’ll come back for us,
As we call out to be saved.
Our shock gives way to silence,
And there’s nothing left to say.
As on the distant horizon,
The convoy slowly, steams away.
Cold realization rears its ugly head,
That there never will a rescue be,
For the victims of the wolfpack,
On the unforgiving sea.
January 7, 2003
Copyright ©
Killer
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2003-01-08 02:00:00]
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Re: Convoy Duty - Victims Of The Wolfpack
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by arakrune on
Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 02:22:54 AM AEST
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| i like it well written |
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Re: Convoy Duty - Victims Of The Wolfpack
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by OreO on
Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 09:52:57 AM AEST
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This is so sad it brought tears to my eyes....just wow.....this is very deep and emotional....thanks for sharing this...
.:*~*:.OreO.:*~*:. |
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Re: Convoy Duty - Victims Of The Wolfpack
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by DreamWeaver on
Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 04:39:40 PM AEST
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| Awesome poem ... great imagery. |
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Re: Convoy Duty - Victims Of The Wolfpack
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 28th January 2003 @ 08:54:46 AM AEST
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Killer. I came through the war, got blitzed & bombed out , joined up,did my time so did my father in WW I he told me something I later discovered to be very true.......In the trenches when the man by you copped a bullet you immediately felt a terrble sorrow for him but a second later it became utter relief that it wasn't you.
We became hardened. But after all these years your poem did get to me. |
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