Memoirs of War

By the river corner I sat and wept Memories of the war flooding my mind Imagines of rotting bodies everywhere The smell of dying children pungent still Starvation and molestation rampant How did things degenerate so quickly? At all turns reality hits me quick In the gut, so full of the pain I weep I spy times past when laughter was rampant Stories about my childhood come to mind Stories that my wife tells the children still Of blue skies and green pastures everywhere In these stories laughter was everywhere The young ran around full of life, very quick Young maidens abound then, gentle and still Men in love at their feet threatening to weep Gestures of love lived in the young man’s mind And the giggles of maidens were rampant Alas now, war cries have become rampant Snuffing out the lives of men everywhere Empathy has been vanquished from our mind As the years pass by children grow quickly Awakening into the horror, weeping They seek revenge as bloodlust grows strong still At last the war is over, all is still Sadly not laughter but cries are rampant Mothers, children, fathers, everyone weeps The smell of decay pungent everywhere Spreading diseases and plagues, quickening The fears and apprehension in our minds Daily horrible sights assault the mind And all through the nights we have nightmares still We awake with a start, screams echo quickly And all around insomnia is rampant Bloodshot eyes, frail faces move everywhere And everyone knows that all night they wept Quickly I run, tears flowing rampant still Everywhere I go, lost friends haunt my mind By the river corner I sat and wept