pain of war
beloved castle
walls crumbling
attempt to focus
block the twinge of pain
glassy-eyed redhead
smiling through death
attempt to make sense
deny the flooding pain
cloaked horrors advancing
feeding on despair
attempt to fight back
rise above the dismal pain
felled by a snake
his last words are requests
attempt to understand
is this blank shock pain?
a couple lying still
sleeping without breathing
attempt not to feel
the rending gash of pain
too little, too late
a dead man's confession
attempt not to dread
removed far from the pain
facing the Dark Lord
done with him at last
attempt not to welcome
the acute, mind-numbing pain
focus to make sense
fight to understand
to feel and not to dread
the never-ending pain