Battle Sacrifices

• Nabihah Mohamed Ajwath, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2021

Samurai fight in the sanguinary war,
Soldiers line up in sets of four
Swords clash against each other
Warriors begin to suffer
Aeruto fights for dear life
Ready to end the bloodied strife
Men fight eye to eye
Who may live and who may die,
A soldier stabs Aeruto in the heart,
Tearing his life apart,
Blood spurts from his chest
His mind beginning to rest
His heartbeat slowed
His dreams submitted to his foe
He glimpses a gleaming dagger,
And there he lay, a hollow cadaver