Sunday 25 September 2011

and so the war comes to the beat of the drum

Grimy 
boneless fingers
foraging beneath the overcoats
the wrath of the young
has no warrant here
amidst the fallen
 frames
of half bled men

the sturdy robust chancer
found wandering
without a name

for when the rain came
so did the silent beat of the drum
the war song
of mans last hope
drummed into earth
as ash

no name shall follow us here
for the earth cannot answer

with love

the earth can only answer with cries
of the night

child bearing screams
that carry life
through her veins

born out
into spite

yesterday
yesterday
followed by night

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