War is bloody, vile and cruel
A fight, a never ending duel.
Bombs fly overhead
Fellow soldiers lay dead.
Billowing above, a green cloud of death
We watched as they drew their last breath.
Gargling came the froth from within
Drowning, grabbing to my skin.
Begging for life, to forgive thy sins
The grim reaper appears, and so the death begins.
“Your last breath you may take,
As you will never wake”

Forced to endure the life of the dammed
In the trenches we were crammed.
Muddy, filthy and wet
We were always open to a threat.
Danger and death fell from above
A soldier fell, left nothing but a glove.
Told it would be fun
But the bombs we had to outrun.
Sacrifice, duty we were told
So we enrolled,
But we didn’t know
The horror we had to undergo.

“Up to her neck in a fight,” they said
But before we knew, we were dead.
“She is looking and calling for you.”
Oh we wish that were true.
“It’s all a game.”
That’s what they proclaim.
“Come on, join in.”
They said it all with a grin.
And what did they do?
They stayed back and watched the view.
They said to restore her
But now we know, the true horror.