Time

Another Winter gone and bleak
In contrast to your skin, warm and sleek 
Spring is dawning
Leaving me lonely, another year, a warning
Summer soon to come 
Sun warming, body is done. 
Another Autumn on the run
Love not waning like the sun. 

Without your love!
On the wings of a dove,
my heart has fled. 
The real me almost dead
My soul dark as sinter
Come Spring, Summer, Autumn or the deepest of Winter. 
Your name is beauty
Your orders, my duty. 

Stay away I hear you sigh
Wipe my eyes, a tear I cry

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poem by Robert Green
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Ashes!

A Test. 

You start digging in
Preparing for the attack you know is imminent 
Nerves on edge
Sweat stinging your eyes as it runs down your face from under your helmet
Everything seems to be happening in slow motion
But you know when they start firing everything will be fast
You lift your head slowly
You can hear the roar of the hostiles around you. 
Just waiting!
 like coiled springs
Your muscles flex within your equipment
You feel the weight of responsibility on your shoulders
Your country back home willing you on, to do your best for them. 
Your vision becomes tunnelled!
As they come into attack you
 you feel the pressure
It's only you between Victory and Defeat
You shoulder your weapon!

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poem by Robert Green
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