Ashley Wakefield Poet Free verse

A War

I'm five thousand miles from home

lost in this utter hoplesness

trapped in this foreign land

when the only souls i've got

drop like flies on a hot summer day

murdered, unloved

laying dead in an unforgiving land

im six thousand miles from home

the place of comfort and hope

wishing for the things I took for granted

since there is nothing for me here

only killers and monumental worries

fear preys upon your mind

coldness grips your heart

the dominating question of

'Will you survive?'

im seven thousand miles from home

and all I want to do is escape

yet obligation is a shackle upon my wrists

keeping me here in this warzone

this place of discomfort and lonliness

im eight thousand miles from home

marching in this wasteland forever

a gun is in my hands

material things in my pack

a blanket

a comb

a photo

and that is all i've got

my only posessions in this hated place

im nine thousand miles from home

and all I want is to be with you

i've been here amid theese explosions and gunfire way too long

do you think of me even now?

am I loved though i'm in this foreign land?

i'm a lifetime from my home

I feel as if I may never return

you seem way too far away

and I fight for you all the time

i'm shot at every day

I try to live, to survive

so I can come home to you

I pray for this fearsome fight to end

since my peace of mind it did slew

and in this terrible war

if I have no hope, no courage

i'll die.

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Ashley Wakefield October 1, 2014 at 6:50 PM Thanks all for your kind words!! Peace, love and light <3

Duncan Chappell October 3, 2010 at 4:57 PM powerful thank you my friend [duncan]

Linda-Marie Sweetheart October 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM Welcome to Poetry Soup.. enjoyed your creative write today.. hope u will check out the contest scene to enter and good luck with luv..

David Smalling October 1, 2010 at 6:54 AM Great words ... and you will survive to write more. Drop by me anytime, remember you are welcome as my friend. One love

Dr.Ram Mehta October 1, 2010 at 6:04 AM A very detailed pen picture of the war you have penned well, Ashley

Carol Sunshine Brown October 1, 2010 at 5:55 AM I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Ashley. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. You can look to the left side of the main page and find lots of information on PoetrySoup including contests by members of PoetrySoup and contests by the PoetrySoup site also which you may enter.If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol