A young man
Is called to duty
But never prepared
For the pain; the cruelty
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A young man
Must say goodbye
To the woman he loves
She hopes he'll survive
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A young man
With determination
He forces off
Opposing invasions
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A young man
Longs for his wife
As the brutality of war
Takes another friend’s life
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A young man
Brave, scared, alone
Hides in the trenches
Waiting to go home
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Now a grown man
Clouding what he sees
They haunt and they linger...
The lingering memories
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©ElizabellaJones
