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Sara Went Sailing
Poems
Sep 2016
The Eyeball That Followed Him Home
Death'd selected his comrade to die
On some battlefield years before
And the eyeball had followed him home
So he struggled to reason the Why
But no answers would come to the fore
Death'd selected his comrade to die
As he slept she would hear frantic cries
He adored her yet she needed more
But the eyeball had followed him home
Thus he wanted to end his own life
Asking, "What is it really all for?"
Death'd selected his comrade to die
He figured it'd all been a lie
Politicians blood thirsty for war
Still the eyeball had followed him home
And his tears might not ever run dry
And presumably prayers were ignored
Death'd selected his comrade to die
And the eyeball had followed him home
Written by Sara Fielder © Sept 2012
Written for my friend Chris Savin who experienced this during combat in the Falklands.
#war
#wounded
#villanelle
#falklands
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