
War
I dodge, run for cover
As my fellow soldiers fall around me
I escape only by the hair on my scalp
Bullets swiftly streak past me
Hunting, pleading for a target
Bombs explode, the ground erodes
Heat singes my exposed skin
The carnage and debris fly
Hitting my body with all it can muster
The smells invade my nostrils
The stench of scorching flesh
And of expended gun powder
As the miasma curls its tendrils around me
Making my eyes burn, blinding me
But still I charge onward
Knowing I charge toward death