Soldiers Returning From the War
Red rivers to wade through,
heart sickened
at the sight of battle blood,
enemies and friends
fallen, never forgotten.
Bullet blasts and combat cries
in dreams, in the waking hours
of the returning wounded,
whose war has not ended.
James E. Roethlein copyright 2021
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021 at 8:38 PM UTC
Soldiers Returning From the War
Red rivers to wade through,
heart sickened
at the sight of battle blood,
enemies and friends
fallen, never forgotten.
Bullet blasts and combat cries
in dreams, in the waking hours
of the returning wounded,
whose war has not ended.
James E. Roethlein copyright 2021