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Final Homecoming


((A poem about WWII))

Final Homecoming
By: Adam M. Snow

I'm on the front line with a friend of mine,
the day's a brume, deluge of shards not rain.
The sunshine's, darker than black,
the sun itself, darker than blood.
There is no turning back.
 
I hear rockets blasting as guns blazing
on a shiver land, once worth saving.
I bluster while bolted, with blood on my hands.
I killed again and again and again.
Can God forgive me of this ongoing sin?

I see a weeping angel shedding tears
for the dead, the nameless ones.
I pray salvation, for all dead and gone;
I persist to fight through the red of dawn.
 
I see a young foe, who's scared as I,
as I shot him down and watched him die.
I stand there frozen, shocked with fear,
not knowing myself, that my end is near.

The dead and ominous silence prevailed,
I did my best yet still I failed.
I'm struck with pain of a bleeding heart,
fallen to my knees, cold and numb.

Full of fears of death to come,
I've fallen down on this blood taint field.
I watched the slaughter as my death draws near,
my vision's dim, I'm shaking with fear.
“Take me home” my last request.
Place a flag upon my casket
I lay here, my final rest.
God knows, I did my best.







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