"Over the Top" (Poem)

This poem was written when I was musing about WWI.

-=-Becky

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Over The Top!

R.L. Thelin

October 20, 2000

“Over the Top!”

The Whistle blew

the mass moved forward.

A rush

a jumble

Scrambling up ladders

crouching

running.

Take a step forward

a man falls writhing

clutching the bloody mess that was once an arm,

calling out.

Take a step forward

a man falls limbs stilled

sightless eyes gaze from a crumpled body

forever silenced.

Take a step forward

a man falls burning pain

Blackness descends.