Social Warfare

And the dirt and the mud,

and the worm, all have become friend. 

In this dark trench pit, 

where i contend with this sin 

and this world. 

As the sky turns black, 

Look death, has covered this field.

With a haze of yellow, 

the enemy, it shields, there attack. 

My dear Ruth, i am sorry, 

your picture i have lost. 

Lost in your red hair, 

in your beauty again,

only for a second, 

do i question, 

would i even murder to match the cost,

to come back, to come back, 

into your arms again…

But i sit here now, with brothers and better men, 

as the hounds come close, 

as the masks fade in,

into the dark.

And i hold in my hand…a white flag.

Clenched, God says, “they will never have it.”

So they can never have it,

and so goodbye...

Dear Love, do not mourn, 

for life is slowly fading back to love. 

-By Eric Weick 

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

ITS AN ADMISSION IN THE LINES...
THE WAR IS OF SELF AND THAT OF PRIDE...
YET HIS FEELING ARE HONORABLE FOR THIS CAUSE...
THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE WORK...
AND YOU TAKE THE MEASURE OF THIS WRITE...
AS YOU DO WITH WHAT I HAVE READ...
IN THE STRONG ENDING...
WITH THE PERSONAL --- ITS COMING BACK...
YET ITS EMBERS ARE NOT FULLY IGNITED...
JUST DO NOT LET THEM SMOLDER TO NOTHINGNESS...
THE HUMAN HEART CARRIES A BURDEN OF BEING WASHED OUT...
IT DOES KNOW HOW TO STOP AND ITS CURRENTS...
NO MATTER HOW YOU GIVE IT A JOLT DOES NOT RENDER...
BACK A HEART BEAT...ONCE TAKEN TO THE EDGE OF NOTHINGNESS...

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

War is hell. A common saying.
You have better described the scene using one mans thoughts, I don't know if you have experience of war but you do have insight.
A Great piece. Well done.

[Eric Weick]

Thank you mad Englishman. I was using, out of all respect, WWI, as a metaphor for something I am personally at war with in my own life now.

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Well that's where the insight comes in. I do hope you win your own personal war. I've found writing like this to be a big help. 'Get it off your chest' as we say over here. Much respect. Clive.

[Cory Barrett]

Heart shredding exploits of the imagination.

[Eric Weick]

Thank you Streamline.

[Ma'at]

this is so romantic and painful, i really liked the imagery and the emotion expressed through the lines

[Eric Weick]

Thank you Ghost Stories