I like to write the odd poem now and then... this was my mood at the time. Rather morose ;-)
The solitary gunner stands on the hill
Clutching his rifle, putrid air held still
Eyes open wide, his gaze fixed with pain
As he stares upon the dead on the open plain
Blood stained grass and the stench of death
Bodies lay strewn, dismembered. Still breath.
The gunner catches sight of a movement is thought
Heart pounds with hope of a life not yet caught
He stumbles downhill through friend and foe
So close to death but knows he must go.
Dead under foot he heads onwards in fear
Looking for life, he spies movement, he's near.
Tommy lies blee