The night draws near <br />I hear your cries <br />Bloodied battle fields <br />Wasted lifes <br />Torment lasting <br />No retreat <br />Pick up your gun <br />Son get on your feet <br />The pocket bible <br />Momma gave <br />Tucked in tight <br />Keeps your heart safe <br />The drenched cold sand <br />Where buddies lye <br />Trails of scarlet <br />You watch them die <br />How cruel is this world <br />Why so much pain <br />Poor strong soldier <br />What have you to gain <br />Your baby he calls you <br />From oceans away <br />'Daddy come home' <br />Your older child says <br />Your wife sits home crying <br />The news shows us why <br />Her tears not unwarranted <br />She wishes she could fly <br />To be by your side <br />Now your old friends are gone <br />Soldier you know <br />that she isnt far wrong <br />Until the darkness ascends<br /><br />nikki hays<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/darkness-ascends/
