battlefield awash with blood
pieces of flesh hanging of their
bodies of conquest

death looms over a field of war
men battle back and forth
arrows skewer eyes and bare flesh
on this place of death

swords clash sword come back and
high, then bites deep into armour
that crumbles as if made of leather
on this place of death

back and forth a battle rages
just one or the other to
gain a foot and lose two
on this place of death

the stupidity of man to turn to war
when other options are at hand
to stop a conflict becoming out of hand
on this place of death

on a battlefield of death.