Sacrifice
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Charlotte Peele, Grade 6
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Poetry
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2019
As I lay there,
On the battlefield,
I can hear the sound of,
Guns firing and people dying beside me.
I try to stand but I can’t feel my legs,
Every breath is more painful than the last,
My heart is pounding,
Because I can’t bare the thought of not making it home to the ones I love.