No
There wasn't any
Heartbreak
There were
Not too many
Tears
I was surprised
I was astonished
I was feared
And loved
All at the same time
The crowd saw who
Was who and who
Was not
When the cards are down
And the eyes finally clear
Who is remembered
Is the thing
That matters most
We forget the ones
Who died in the trenches
Who were immolated from within
Who sounded but were never found
We forget the ones
Who died for this and
Who lost a limb for that and
Crippled their minds for them
Love stripped from their souls
Replaced by the dark horror
Of man's humaneness
Who are we to ask for such a sacrifice?
Who are we to send away the living for death?
Who are we to shake our heads in feigned understanding?
Who are we?
The dust will never settle
The sun will always rise
And fall
On the foggy eyes of war
And as the bayonets lay scattered,
Their bearers
Bearing no resemblance
To their former selves
And try
To
Hear
The echoing scream
The rippling shot
The cursed' crying corpses
Try to hear
The frankness
Of death.
Mar 25, 2012
Mar 25, 2012 at 6:25 AM UTC
No
There wasn't any
Heartbreak
There were
Not too many
Tears
I was surprised
I was astonished
I was feared
And loved
All at the same time
The crowd saw who
Was who and who
Was not
When the cards are down
And the eyes finally clear
Who is remembered
Is the thing
That matters most
We forget the ones
Who died in the trenches
Who were immolated from within
Who sounded but were never found
We forget the ones
Who died for this and
Who lost a limb for that and
Crippled their minds for them
Love stripped from their souls
Replaced by the dark horror
Of man's humaneness
Who are we to ask for such a sacrifice?
Who are we to send away the living for death?
Who are we to shake our heads in feigned understanding?
Who are we?
The dust will never settle
The sun will always rise
And fall
On the foggy eyes of war
And as the bayonets lay scattered,
Their bearers
Bearing no resemblance
To their former selves
And try
To
Hear
The echoing scream
The rippling shot
The cursed' crying corpses
Try to hear
The frankness
Of death.