After The Fall
It was after the fall
He told me about the time everything changed for him
Birds were coming in
Endless it seemed
Each carrying the carcasses of war
The real carnage
The stolen
He
He was standing in the swirl
Couldn't really see much
Summoned
He responded
The bird having fulfilled its mission
Presented him the stretcher
There lay us
Stilled by the conflict
When an arm got loose
And slipped for the poncho liner
Meant for shelter
New fatigues
A young
Boyish
Almost feminine hand
Striking
But the watch
That cursed watch
Loosened by the day's events
But still there
On that boyish crimson wrist
Those other hands
Still moving
While its host lies so still
Unforgettable
Unforgivable
Venor
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Submitted on January 25, 2012
Modified on April 20, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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