No Love On the Battlefield

Words of missiles
Blows from cannons
Swords in tongues
We had withdrawn apart

Unspoken strategies  
Mind of mines
Stealth attacks
Against one another’s heart

Gunshot smoke becomes the aroma
Of the atmosphere amongst us
Causalities in our bloodshed
Dormant our affectionate love

Love cannot survive in warfare
We shield our warm center graze
Cause of damage internally praised 
By the open hand grenades 

Blind to see our adversary
his annihilation in vengeance 
Precious life dying before sunrise
No waving flags in distance 

Time sails swiftly 
Duo soldiers still at war 
No arsenal, no ammunition
Peace constantly ignored

Clinch with knives 
Till one is killed 
Love must die to survive
On this insensible battlefield
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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