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The Grim Reaper

March 20, 2015
By NahlaSaad SILVER, Giza, Other
NahlaSaad SILVER, Giza, Other
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Favorite Quote:
The best things in life are unexpected- because there were no expectations - Eli Khamarov


Exhaustion seeping through our veins 

With every moment comes terrible pain

Blood rained from the cloudy sky

As we trudged away from where the bodies lie

Feet shredded like thin paper

The path to salvation begins to taper

But I truged on, assured that God was my keeper

Then I saw him, the Grim Reaper

We stood on the edge of the bottomless pit

 

At that moment, I inhaled a heavenly smell

What it was, I could not tell

Then I saw my comrade dropping

Chest heaving, eyes popping

That was when I grabbed my blessed saviour

And watched him bare his teeth in devillish behaviour

At that moment, our sore eyes met

Then his rolled back and set

Closer to the edge of the bottomless pit

 

We were all floating in a thick green cloud

Im very sorry to say I no longer felt proud

Several scenes flashed before my eyes

The most prominent, the King's terrible lies

And my dear mother on her death bed

"Don't go to war" Was what she said

His limp body jumped up with every bump

Every single time with a loud thump

Teetering on the edge of the bottomless pit

 

I couldn't hear any other sound 

Except the loud gargling with every round

In a match he could not win

But only hope god forgave his sins

That was when I saw his again

The Grim Reaper had come to take my friend

And never was he to return

Alas, he was sent down to burn

He tumbled down into the bottomless pit


The author's comments:

This poem is set in World War 1 and is written from the point of view of a solider and is about all the horrors of war. This poem was mainly inspired by Dulce Et Decorum Est, a poem written my British solider Wilfred Owen and set in World War 1.


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