Moving through ruins –
Room by room, and floor by floor –
Broken glass ~ wind keens.
We’ve taken the hue –
Of this city’s dust ~ greyscape –
on our young faces.
Enemy unseen –
This, wearing on our senses –
Shush, sudden death lurks…
Let’s rest by a wall –
Read a message ~ share a smoke –
Darkness is falling.
~
Big fires are burning –
Orange tinged sky ~ in the cold –
We keep out of sight.
[We cast no shadows]
Maksym cracks a joke –
In utter fatigue ~ laughter –
Moment of respite.
It’s my watch tonight –
but the lads each help, in turn ~
together, ’till light.
Moving through ruins –
One block at a time ~ slowly –
’tis for you, we fight.
duncancleary 