{"id":318,"date":"2011-11-03T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/the-season-of-war-2\/"},"modified":"2013-05-14T09:50:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T14:50:07","slug":"the-season-of-war-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"The Season of War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pausing a moment on the knoll<\/div>\n
The sound of marching in the air<\/div>\n
Moving the earth and shaking my soul.<\/div>\n
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They had blossomed in youthful blaze<\/div>\n
And cast their shadow over land and man<\/div>\n
But now their future began to fade.<\/div>\n
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The time had come to meet the foe<\/div>\n
Who would shake their lofty perch.<\/div>\n
And bury them below the coming snow.<\/div>\n
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I felt the blows as cool as night<\/div>\n
Strike the ground around my feet<\/div>\n
And saw them falling in the battle’s bite.<\/div>\n
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The limbs were bent in painful sway.<\/div>\n
The trees inhaling the volley thick<\/div>\n
Never to drink of sun’s bright ray.<\/div>\n
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The wind itself pushed them on<\/div>\n
And moved them to give their lives<\/div>\n
To color again the crimson lawn<\/div>\n
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Soldier falling from their ranks<\/div>\n
In graceful glory they bowed their heads<\/div>\n
As in a pool, they slowly sank.<\/div>\n
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Many as one or one alone<\/div>\n
The fate was all the same<\/div>\n
It was all this world has ever known.<\/div>\n
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Their dark uniforms stained blood red<\/div>\n
Thousands falling all around<\/div>\n
And only coldness surrounding them<\/div>\n
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Their once exalted state had been denied<\/div>\n
And now they lie on steely ground.<\/div>\n
Their long cold rest will not end<\/div>\n
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Some will cry and call their name<\/div>\n
until they sleep beneath the land<\/div>\n
from whence they once came.<\/div>\n
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Each fall I I feel the icy numb<\/div>\n
Of winter approaching and taking life<\/div>\n
I pray that spring will quickly come.<\/div>\n
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