Scars of a soldier

• Artist: Midnight SparkZ
• Description: Being the las one standing has its downsides....
  
• Date: 01/02/2010
• Tags: scars hero

A scent of the fallen fills the air...
My sword hits solid ground...
The faces of my fallen comrades...
They flash trough my mind...
ruining the whole concept of victory...

the ragged banner is laying on the ground...
As i pick it up, i see the face of his owner...
Or what is left of it...
The lower powers of mother earth are having a party on his face...
Worms crawling out of his jaw wound...

No, i can't bury my comrades...
500 are too much to bury...
The glory of the nation comes first...
As the banner is plunged into the moist soil,
i hear the sound of horsemen...

My leaders show no emotion...
Maybe a glint in their eyes,
betray that they are happy...
Soldiers are replaceable...
I am replaceable...

By that last thought i fall down to the ground
and pull the arrow out my shoulder....
The rest is just a memory...
The memory of a soldier...
The unseen scars of a soldier...

Comments

[Organic Tea]

This is a decent poem, but the first paragraph feels out of place somehow. There's a bit of an issue with placement and timing there that doesn't fit the rest of the poem.

[luvd_n_forgotten]

This is amazing!!!
I can picture it in my mind..
I think your talented and it makes me feel so sorry for the poor soliders....
Please writte more...
^_^