It watched us pass
Our marching feet
Our civilisation
One black bird eye
Unafraid -
Said the crow
You’re only meat
That I haven’t eaten yet
Trees point skyward
Black-fingered fate
List the names of the fallen
Poise waiting for those
Whose time is yet
I grit my teeth
In the wind’s dark bite
On battlefield bleak
Unhopeful of a happy ending
A grin
A grimace
A glancing blow
The smile on a shark
On battlefield
Hope less
In the wind’s dark bite
I grit my teeth
And face away -
From the crow that says
You are only meat
And I haven’t eaten yet
Trees amputated
Black on orange coal glow
The ledgers of loss
Whose pages await
My blood to balance
I will grit my teeth
howl on the abyss’s dark bowl lip
And wolf my bite of hope
On battlefield
We are carrion -
Says the crow
You’re all just meat
That I haven’t eaten yet
Our marching feet
Our civilisation
One black bird eye
Unafraid -
Said the crow
You’re only meat
That I haven’t eaten yet
Trees point skyward
Black-fingered fate
List the names of the fallen
Poise waiting for those
Whose time is yet
I grit my teeth
In the wind’s dark bite
On battlefield bleak
Unhopeful of a happy ending
A grin
A grimace
A glancing blow
The smile on a shark
On battlefield
Hope less
In the wind’s dark bite
I grit my teeth
And face away -
From the crow that says
You are only meat
And I haven’t eaten yet
Trees amputated
Black on orange coal glow
The ledgers of loss
Whose pages await
My blood to balance
I will grit my teeth
howl on the abyss’s dark bowl lip
And wolf my bite of hope
On battlefield
We are carrion -
Says the crow
You’re all just meat
That I haven’t eaten yet
3 comments:
this is FREAKING AMAZING.
really. stark and real. great work.
Hi Harlequin, thanks for the visit.
This is my attempt to readdress the imbalance thrown up by the recent D-Day "celebrations" which I felt tended more toward glorification rather than the more appropriate horror.
Oddly enough this reminded me of surviving my first summer with boobs. Cheers. Lobe were here.
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