The Soldier's Death

To touch a tear that falls upon your heart And feel the silent breath to which I'm wed To know your love, caress its crumbled part This broken dream a darkened path I dread So dance with me before my body's bled And cross the floor held tight between strong arms With my need to see your smile with its charms Tomorrow I will go, I'll not complain As war has come to pluck and bring its harms And bind our hearts so tight in final pain To feel the gentle shimmer of your soul You quietly move your hand to impart As silent space between our eyes control Leaves burning lasting image in my heart In lighted dawn, I'll go when trains depart And claim this painful sorrow I must add To you my love, this dance a moment sad To me, it's a memory's lasting cry So dance with me as if your heart is glad My eyes and lips will only say goodbye As bombs explode and light the blackest night I find your face to calm my darkest fear In man-made holes, we crawl in troubled fight When battle's hell and soldier's death is near I try to hold my dance with you my dear As bullets fragment in their deadly swarm And men are hand to hand to let blood form In scented war with visions to forget Soldiers cry out a name in warring storm My final breath expels from bayonet 1/12/18 contest The Magic of Three sponsor Broken Wings