Nightmares

@HeatherAnne

A Soldier's Rhyme.

Barbed wire and mud, Mud and wire and rain, Shouts, screams and gunfire, Never ending pain. Waiting for our call, The time for us to fight, Writing shakily by hand, Be it day or night.

@justjord

The Deserter

By Winifred Mary Letts There was a man, - don't mind his name, Whom Fear had dogged by night and day. He could not face the German guns And so he turned and ran away.

@sian_

The Soldier

10 o'clock, The last man dead. The grass as a bed, One final gunshot in his head. 11 o'clock, The end of violence. An eerie silence, Mixed with a bloody essence.

@DuRoLuRo

Leeching Soldier

I cry for hunting. My soul it sells. My eyes are burning. I find myself. Alone in my heart. I fled the stars. I call for morning. Alone in mourning. As I wallow on, my depths are more undone.

@patdolan83

Kept

#acrostic. Something hidden within my psych. Evading exposure, withdrawn from all sight. Choking me almost, as it tries to escape. Remain though it shall, no matter the pain.

@mulishwhim

Lies - thrown at me, smothered me a blanket, a killer Over and over, pushed into them until I could only believe Vanity of yours makes illusions that none see,...

@Burrfoot

Heartbroken In Italy

#acrostic. 15+. Voices echoing inside my head. Alien feelings full of dread. Fear and loathing building steam. Faceless horrors attack my dreams. Another box to lock them in.

@Jamtots

A Cause Worth Fighting For

Storm the breach and be a hero, Hit the ground and be a zero, Raise your weapon and fire true, Or freeze and realise death is due.