Thoughts of Battle

by Danielle   May 28, 2010


You look to your left and right
And behold such horrendous sights
You hear the screams, you wish for silence
Standing in the midst of all this violence

[dead bodies everywhere]

You're standing in a puddle of blood
As the tears rain down in a flood
Your hands tighten around your gun
Should you fight back? Or just run?

[dead bodies everywhere]

Blood and gore is all you see
Bodies hung like animals in the trees
You try to block out all the screams
Wishing this was just a dream

[dead bodies everywhere]

Suddenly there is no sound
Only dead bodies lying on the ground
You clutch your gun and hold it tight
Trying to forget these horrible sights

[dead bodies everywhere]

You try and make it one more day
Because soon a helicopter will take you away
Just wait and soon you'll be free
And only in your dreams you'll see...

...dead bodies everywhere...

**Dani**

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  • 14 years ago

    by Maverick

    This is a very good and extremely poignant poem. I love the imagery you used, and the repetition was used very effectively here. The power of death and the visual power of seeing death is extremely frightening and yet realistic and definitely strikes a chord or two. My favorite parts are when you talk about gripping the gun, because I can picture doing that and gulping with a dry throat. It's scary, but so true. Good job, very good job.

  • 14 years ago

    by Shinobi

    This poem again is like a story... This time about a soldier at war I guess. The rhyming and images you created again made it flowless and unique, seems like you really have some potential in you :) Nothing bad I can say about this piece again... Nice work 5/5