In the Hopes We Can All Be Free
By: Lunita
Despite the fear of being found out,
I push through the fear, and everything else
Numbing out everything around me, vision tunneling
Loss of direction, forgetting left from right, up from down.
Even forgetting myself.
When I came to, and the smoke clears
Along with my fellow comrades (those that are left)
We can see the carnage, the dead left unseeing in the field.
We work quickly, despite the ache in our bodies and hearts,
Our minds are still cursedly deft
I cannot believe how many we’ve lost
Our numbers have dwindled vastly
The other side has lost just as many
The combination of blue and grey together
Even in death, is ghastly
The images will forever remain in my mind
The carnage, the death, I’ll never unsee
But with strength of patriotism, I’ll fight to the end
In the hopes that at the end of it all
We can all be free
Submitted: August 12, 2020
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