Medieval Eyes
Jerry Cassidy 1969 (NJ)
I breathe hard, wiping my face clean of sweat and blood
I set the point of my sword to the earth, ready by my hand
Looking about the field I see only the dead and the dying
Different countries – same ideals
I feel the tears roll down my cheeks as I begin to see my friends lying still
Life blood feeding the grass, soaked past saturation
Smoke and fire dot the field – showing the scavengers
Moving from body to body taking from the dead.
This war is far from over and only the dead see the end of it.
With a weary sigh I take up my sword, clean it, and set it in the scabbard
My feet have gotten heavy, even more so as I leave for home
About this poem
A warrior's stoicism
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Submitted by Themadpoet1969 on December 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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