The battle has finally ended... <br />Leaving a thousand casualties... <br />All wounded and exhausted... <br />Still breathing... <br />Perhaps surviving... <br />After months of sweat and blood... <br /> <br />Moans and cries from the pessimists... <br />And faint cries of glee from the hopefuls... <br />Who among will rise from the dirt... <br />And who will remain slumped in the cold? <br /> <br />Trapped in this oblivion... <br />Only faith keeps them alive... <br />The lamp that holds life... <br />Of the sick and disabled... <br /> <br />Who will be the lucky one... <br />Bestowed of such honor... <br />To continue the legacy... <br />And will touch the lives... <br />Of the millions. <br /> <br />The waiting is indeed crucial... <br />As each tick takes one life after another... <br />And resuscitates one more... <br />But only those with a heart of a lion... <br />Will emerge as the winner... <br />And will rise above it all.<br /><br />Marie Joyce B. Negapatan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-aftermath-of-nle/
