I hear bullets piercing through the dry wind and then I remember my mission: to free those hopeless spirits who have sinned.
I fought for survival, hiding in the grass like a deceiving snake;
Slithering, swivelling, searching;
Searching for someone to lead me to my treacherous fate.
I am imploding with hurt, sorrow, suffering-
That I have contained for too long. Then a bullet fires
straight into my heart.
I loved you all those years
You raised me, shaped me, taught me how to be a soldier.
You were my guide, mother, forced me to overcome my fears.
I feel that fire burning inside of me now.
That fire that united me and you-
Only to be put out by the cruel water of my mission.
You were a patriot;
Gave up your body, life for your motherland. That anguish, ordeal
Still endures in my heart.
And it will be trapped there forever
Until I rest in a bath of worms and mud.
Betrayed by those who feared your beauty. They may known you as a ***** criminal...
But I knew you as a patriot,
Who saved the world.
Jun 15, 2017
Jun 15, 2017 at 9:14 AM UTC
I hear bullets piercing through the dry wind and then I remember my mission: to free those hopeless spirits who have sinned.
I fought for survival, hiding in the grass like a deceiving snake;
Slithering, swivelling, searching;
Searching for someone to lead me to my treacherous fate.
I am imploding with hurt, sorrow, suffering-
That I have contained for too long. Then a bullet fires
straight into my heart.
I loved you all those years
You raised me, shaped me, taught me how to be a soldier.
You were my guide, mother, forced me to overcome my fears.
I feel that fire burning inside of me now.
That fire that united me and you-
Only to be put out by the cruel water of my mission.
You were a patriot;
Gave up your body, life for your motherland. That anguish, ordeal
Still endures in my heart.
And it will be trapped there forever
Until I rest in a bath of worms and mud.
Betrayed by those who feared your beauty. They may known you as a ***** criminal...
But I knew you as a patriot,
Who saved the world.
An elegy of an unnamed soldier to his female comrade and lover, showing the falsity of patriotism. He was sent on a mission to **** her as the state demanded. The speaker tries to conceal his emotions because he is expected to as a soldier, but fails as he realises that he is human and he is allowed to, by nature, be sensitive.
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