WAR

• Jade Davies, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2010

Once a lonely paper boy, now a soldier in the field,
Defending yourself against enemies, holding only a sword & shield.

Scared and frightened, you fight out as long as you can,
A new troop appears over the horizon, the war has only just began.

One by one, your team mates are shot down,
It’s all up to you now, for the fight and fate of the town.

Unfortunately this ends with a sad ending, one I awfully dread,
Heavy fire everywhere, you shoot, you bled.

But within a second, you’re shot in the head,
It’s all over now,
Pow! You’re dead.