Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #19: War
Otis Willie PIO The American War Library
WAR
All lies still
Then a sudden stir
The sound of a stick breaking
The leaves of a bush rustling
A sharp turn
A cautious crawl
The spring
The glint, the crash of a sword
A failing to block the gleaming weapon
The horrendous shriek that follows
The anguish
It goes on and on
Occurs again and again
When it is over
All lies still
No flags wave
Corpses sprawled all over, reign
Nothing stirs
War is a soldier's mistress
But blood is his brother
Written from the heart by Hilary Puskar
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