Waves Of Sorrow Poem by Sami Hughes

Waves, peaceful and smooth
Crashing so lightly into the shore
Heartbeats go by as another goes
Crash, crash, crash
The never ending cycle of what seems calm and serene
But it's really a blood bath
Screams fill my ear as I feel the rough rocks under my feet
Crunch, crunch, crunch
Marching in form with hundreds of my brothers that have fallen
Their bodies effortlessly falling to the ground
Screams, gunshots, and crying now fill my ears
As red stains fill my eyes and the tears begin to fall
A distant yell and I feel myself
Running, running, running
Away from here
Making the voice chase after me but he is gaining
He is faster than I am
When I turn around I dont see anyone but in my mind I picture him
My brother
He was funny, so full of hope, handsome, no fear
He had a baby on the way back home and only me holding him back
From going home
That was so selfish of me to hold him back from his life at home
I even held on to him so long that he missed his little girl
His little miracle, he missed her birth, all because of me
But now as I look at the water I see him crystal clear
Fighting, strong, still no fear as the shots fire
And then I see myself
I see were I cowardly crouched behide a rock
Fear staining my clothes and burning into my very flesh
I watched as he took them all
All the shot meant for me, he took them all willingly
I can see his body, lifeless, falling like everyone else
All my friends bodies so careful and effortless as they fall
My brother still no fear in his eyes as he falls
He knew
I havent thought about this moment in years but I know for a fact
He knew
If he stayed with me here, he would die with me here
But I was to scared to move, to much of a coward to face death
So instead of dying with him
I watched as the waves took him away from me
From his home
From his little girl waiting
My knees now feel the rocks, my hands now feel the tears
And all that fills my ears now is the
Crash, crash, crashing
of the waves.