THAT PAST JULY (A Soldier's Story)
That Past July
Written by: Wilfred Mellers, Friday, February 4,2011 @ 4: 04 PM
Wives and sweethearts watch the warrior’s from the piers
Drafted conscripts without any volunteers
Hairs cut low from the barber’s shears
Nothing left to comfort their familiar fears
From the straits of Tiran to the steps of Algiers
The imperial army dressed fully in their battle gears
Bullets whisper lullabies in their ears
The timid hunkers down and shed silent tears
Thinking no longer it was only a one-year affair
Senses heightened surroundings I was totally aware
Bombs were bursting high in the air
Illuminating the darkness was a single flare
Silent was the night rich with foreboding
The cries in the mist were of self-loathing
The fog thicken as the atmosphere filled with apprehension
Moods swing wildly for nothing could cut the tension
Shadows creep around a stone clearance
Horrifying scream breaks the silence
Hatred filled the heart with vengeance
Cold was the steel of cruel temperance
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