THE BIGGEST COWARD OF THEM ALL

Was I not scared?
I was not!

I was ****** terrified!

I ran towards
the German's defence.

Bullets stuttering
all around me

trying to pronounce
the word: "Death."

Took it in the shoulder.
Took it in the thigh.

Ha ha...flesh wounds.

Couldn't imagine being dead.
I was enraged

that they were
attempting to **** me.

Pain wasn't allowed
to touch me.

Me...yeah me the biggest
coward of them all.

What was I like!

They saw me
as I saw them.

The grenade looming large
in their startled eyes.

Their lips saying
a silent prayer.

They were only boys.
Much more terrified

than I!

Their screams even now
shattering my sleep.

Each night
for the rest of my life

I see them die.
I forever cry.

War
the biggest coward

of them all.