a life well lived

grandpa, you have been gone before '08

you watched over me when i was a youngster

you told me ghost stories

you were 5'6 to the top of your hat

but when you talked about the war

i thought you were superman

you always made me laugh

even at the age of 89 you were hell bent on feeding the chickens

dad always told you he would but you still refuse

even in the nursing home your will kept you talking of escape

i remember you almost broke a nurse's arm

we always went to see you and bring you your favorite taffy

your life, sir, was defiantly a long and well lived life.  

Battlefield

as my lieutenant ordered us to recheck our equipment
i smell the sweet sent of gunpowder fill my nose
i see my squad mates' name on my helmets tactical HUD
i see confirming lights flash green
i hear enemies screaming something in another language
then the dreadful command to deploy is finally heard
we storm out the APC
bullets fly
my lieutenant is hit
his marker on my HUD flashes yellow
dead
i am next in command
we take cover by a wrecked vehicle
a sniper open fires
my senses sharpen
he falls, dead
enemy tanks are spotted
i call air support
the enemy, demoralized
turns and flees
the day is ours
     

failure

i have a rendezvous with death
at some disputed barricade
it may be as you take my hand
and lead me into his dark land
and close my eyes
and hold my breath
i have a rendezvous with death
and i to my privileged word am true
i shall not fail that  rendezvous

 

 

beast

Organic creatures

Of blood and flesh

You touch my mind

Fumbling in ignorance

Incapable of understanding

There is a world far beyond your own

You can’t even imagine

Beyond your comprehension

You can’t escape your doom

I am the vanguard or your destruction

I was created to give voice to chaos

I am the pillar of evolution

Before me you were nothing

You exist because I allow it

And you will end because I demand it  

Your lives are measured in years and decades

You wither and die

I am eternal

I have no end

I am infinite

I am a reaper.