World War I
The war of attrition it was once called
A battle fought without any walls
Miles of trenches carved in the earth
Young soldiers ready to prove their worth
Rifles at the ready, bandoleers on top
Soldiers ready to fight if the enemy won't stop
Climb out of the trenches running to fight
Battles fought on day and night
Bombs exploding, machine guns firing
Screams in the distance, bodies caught in the wire
Trenches filled with scared young boys
Praying for the end of this horrible noise
Soldiers digging deeper in the ground
Hiding from the shells coming inbound
Explosions so loud your eardrum burst
Bodies falling, soldiers scared and hurt
Praying for the end of this fight over a piece of dirt
Thousands upon thousands of soldiers died
Fighting a battle no one knew why.
Soldiers prayed for salvation and just to go home
How the battle would end, no one could have known
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Thanks for sharing another War Poem ~ Teresa ~ We have missed you. The TRENCH WAR if WW1 was a disgrace and should never have been condoned by two (so called) Civilised Nations Britain & Germany (and others) in the 20th Century. There are many poems ~ most of them defamatory about the WAR by in Praise of the Men..And the great LIE ~ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MUNDI ~ iT IS SWEET AND GLORIOUS TO DIE FOR ONES COUNTRY ~ By Wilfred Owen who died on the last day of the War ! I like the fact that you have used RHYMING COUPLETS which gives necessary pace and rhythm to an excellent poem. Thanks for caring & sharing ~ Yours BRIAN
Very good write but unlike what DS/KS says here in the UK World War One is NOT forgotten. We remember various battles and situations that happened a century ago, next year will be the Centenary of the end of the "War to End All Wars". I have been to and taken part in many memorials in the last few years remembering 'The Fallen".
"We will remember them"
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