tether

love. it's a tether that keeps us all down to earth

the lady of the lake,

apple of my eye,

say you love me,

yes i do...

 

words to remember,

in the midst of war,

bloody battle strewn

across mighty oceans,

 

a small reminder,

of a greater cause,

for what

are we fighting for?

 

i fight for love,

those hazel eyes,

framed perfectly in bloodred

glasses

 

hazel eyes, too innocent

to conjure those horrors.

to even imagine them

is beyond her

 

so i lift my gun,

and heft my pack,

on one blood-shod

march after another.

 

one battle after another

strewn across the murky sky,

where gunsmoke and mustard gas

collide.

 

i fire,

the gun rattles,

empty. my thoughts

flash to her side

 

and the cost of this stupid war

is our bond

our chance. for a family

for eternity.

 

and i see her

in a wedding dress,

waiting for the groom but he does not come

and i fume

 

for i am the groom

but time separates us.

and then, i realise

i am still alive

 

the roar i hear now

is the cheering of countless comrades...

 

now i am old,

my hands well worn and knotted

so are hers, but more so

for pulling on the tether that keeps me to reality.

Reviews

[Jami Nicole]

Amazing work, it's reality. :)

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is really interesting, what a great story

[PrincessZeldaWannabe]

Love it! The war and the costs of it and the love he has for the girl!

[Bridget Mcmaken]

Now that is just amazing, The poem has a good flow to it. I loved how you ended the poem, this is amazing work and I love your poems.

[Undying Glory]

powerful work man, this was very surreal stuff, and vivid as well.

"now i am old,
my hands well worn and knotted
so are hers, but more so
for pulling on the tether that keeps me to reality.:
now those were good verses. wonderful work here man and keep this up! this is the way forward!