A Cheat On Luck

Based on the movie, "All Quiet on the Western Front"

A man stands in front of a war 

There he sees 

The things that death 

Could take; 

A moments hesitation 

To run for freedoms arms 

Would bring death 

Closer to the doors 

Of Life. 

The horrors that an eye sees 

The screams that pierced the ears, 

The bones crunching under, 

The thud that lands; 

Everything a man could not forget. 

But with compassion 

To friends and foes, 

Guilt overtakes no matter.