I am alive

please don’t ask me
sunshine
please don’t ask
whence the word
brought bitterness to last
that’s my truthful
brothers-in-foray
burned like candle light
at dawn today

winds won’t set the ashes
flying free
can’t divide
my loneliness by three
souls are waiting
after bodies fall
like a banner
for a bugle call

I’m alive
my darling
I’m alive
though my heart’s
in trenches
choked with cry
shoulders – numb –
don’t feel them
anymore
burn
like hell
and count the breaths
of war

to enroot
the poppies
in the sky
buy a candle
precious
share the light
for the fields are
close to Heavens’ Lane
there is no end
to lasting pain

oh my teardrop
wait a moment
wait
when an angel’s near by
I am saved
foes are asking
for more hell
you know
pray for us
my little 
turtledove

pray
for those who died
for all unknown
their names
and dates
in hearts will grow
who with Death
is often
tete-a-tete
reaches out to Heaven
with a hand

January 31, 2019