In the field of death




Never before in the field of death
have silence or darkness been so heavy.
The curse of dying soldiers
coldly echoes between the walls of death.
Only th angel-that ancient guard-
withstood the winds of war.

I frantically held on to the black flag
and so the two of us,
hugging each otherm stumble towards the abyss,
where instincts still brutally
and unrestrainedly break out
from the remains of a carnally disorganized world.

While the souls of the dead roam up above
-separated from all the demonic powers of life-
down there,in the field of death,
just as a peasant walks with his plow.
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Submitted on June 23, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXAXX XXXBXX XXAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 574
Words 105
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 4

Walter William Safar

BIOGRAPHYWALTER WILLIAM SAFAR was born on August 6th 1958 in Sherman-Texas . He is the author of a number of a significant number of prose works and novels, including "Leaden fog", "Chastity on sale", "In the flames of passion", "The price of life", "Above the clouds", "The infernal circle", "The scream", "The Devil’s Architect”, "Queen Elizabeth II", as well as a book of poems.Many times, while escaping the real world, I used to find my sanctuary in the blissful chest of mother Art. With these poems, I am curing the hungry soul, and it hungers for compassion, love and faith, just like any human soul does.Hungry and thirsty, I am staring into the very heart of the dark spirit of my own subconscious, and I would feel betrayed for who knows how many times, only to appease my thirsty soul with a torrent of tears, because poetry is like a tear on the face of mankind.I don't know much about victories, but I am sure of one thing, that compassion is a victory of the human spirit. I wrote these Poems on an old typewriter, which I inherited from a late American writer. This wise, good man used to read poems to me when I was a kid, saying that I too will read my poems to other people, but first I shall roam the world searching for myself.I admit I no longer have the will or power to roam around, but I haven’t lost the will to write poetry. All I want is to share my poems with the whole world.THE CAPTAINImagination is the timeless sail of all words,And words only float without it,Like a windjammer without wind.Without imagination,There are no journeysInto unexplored worlds,Because the world is but a boundless ocean of desires. more…

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