In Silence We Pray

 

In Silence We Pray

 

Pitch of the ditch deep and wide

My buddies and I in silent prayer

Hearing the planes way up there

Engulfed in silence we pray

 

Throat tightens as a bomb explodes

Bombardment has begun

Who will be the next one?

Will I be the next one to die?

 

Blood all around me

Sickening stench

Limbs torn away and nerves pinch

Must remain silent if I want to live

 

Fear fills my desperate mind

Screaming inside, eyes in blank stare

I can still hear the planes up there

Silence within the scarped hole

 

A shaking hand makes the strike

Match flickering lights of the night

Bomb landed to my right

Blood covers my hands

 

Lamentations and weeping sounds

Break the silence after bombs explode

Whispers of dread implode

As lungs stills my breath

 

Fat tanks arrive with guns pointing upward

God heard my silent prayer

Planes scattering way up there

In this foxhole, I can now breathe

 

My family won’t feel the sorrow of this war

My life was spared by a heartfelt prayer

I no longer hear the planes up there

I’ll live and fight another day

 

I’m unpolished only a teen

While seasoned soldiers lay here dead

Now I make a list in my head

An alphabet of things left undone

 

I carry three letters of final goodbyes

One soaked in its author’s blood

The other two are covered in mud

To their wives moms and dads

Reviews

[Kevin]

WOW! That was incredible. WOW!

[darkgurl]

so sad and emotional, well expressed and well written.....Kim