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Horse In Danger - Stop War

In the middle of the war ...
 World War one...
a horse in the middle of the barbed wire caused
to a cease fire ....
With a white flag
a soldier from one side
came to his mercy ...
On the other, a soldier,
an enemy becomes
instantly a friend
and brings pliers ...
The enemies, now friends,
come together to release
the horse.
A singular, human moment ...
The two cut wire here and there ... and
release the animal ...!
work done,
shaking hands
saying goodbye both came back
to the trenches to
they war again ...!


  PS. Based on a scene from the film  WAR HORSE - 2011
       Screenplay Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, based on Michael
       Morpurgo's novel of the same name.
       Here a text created by me, alkas poetry

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Kim Rodrigues May 7, 2019 at 8:47 PM Yes, friends playing at war... Alkas Poetry May 10, 2019 at 2:14 AM Kim it is a case of humanity... imagine 2 soldiers fighting a terrible war and in the middle of this they saw a horse suffering... they simple forgot everything about war and helped the animal.. pure instinct...thank my dear friend,,, salute alkas Jeff Connelly May 7, 2019 at 11:40 PM "Playing at war?" No "playing" involved Kim.

Jeff Connelly May 6, 2019 at 3:16 PM I've heard but have never seen the movie Alkas. It also reminds me of the "truce" on Christmas or New Years; everyone just stopped shooting. Scratching my memory, I believe this happened in the Belgium area. We should always listen to ourselves instead of being a "ruler's" robot. According to WWI belief, god was on everyone's side.

Alkas Poetry May 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM Dear Line,Yes, it was a beautiful scene that caused great poetic and human impact, that's the reason why I wrote this text. I am so grateful that you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful day my friend, salute alkas

Line Gauthier May 6, 2019 at 8:18 AM Great poem, Alkas. I love it when a movie has a scene so fabulous that it is worthy of sharing in a poem. Alkas Poetry May 6, 2019 at 9:36 AM Thank you so much dear friend you caught the message ! Je vous salue, ami poète alkas.