Military Officers

Free verse poem

Whether you look deep from the iris

You will not find the truth in vague photographs

The sound of the past still haunts dreams

The battlefield takes life without exception

Even those who do not desire it must murder

The sound of guns embrace all

Another bystander, I mustn’t walk this way

I couldn’t be a soldier no matter how courageous

On the inside I’m overcome by the fallen corpse

The act is over but the bloody scene is more clear than ever

I flee into a coffee shop

I embrace the silence by talking to myself

My soul shaking with fear from the gun in my grasp

The server brought coffee without sugar

I turned to see a dead fly in my cup

Just another confrontation with death

If only I could swallow it away