Saunders Field

shadows buckle
from the weight of the rising Sun
and the chirping birds and grasshoppers
provide no deference to the bodies 
that are strewn across Saunders Field
dew glistens and blood oozes 
from the wounds
as the souls look helplessly about
not knowing which direction to walk
the heat grows rapidly towards noon
and soon no-one would come
this day or the next
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
the Moon be my witness
as here I sleep

Deckard

I began writing poetry when I was a teenager and it truly saved me from a destructive path. 'Time Heals' will be on my grave stone'. I have 3 incredible kids who are the greatest gifts that God has given me. If I have advice to give to aspiring...

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