Mud and bone and fire and water,
blood and ice and cloud and slaughter,
bloody, holy, hallowed ground,
bloody, empty, silent sound.
The ash upon the embers,
the fire within the cloud,
the sound seeking hearing,
the truth seeking sound.
Shining face upon the pillow,
little, limber, sleeping willow.
Sleeping deeply we recall.
Sleeping deeply we remember.
mine enemy grows older 
much better transition
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thanks. your comment was very helpful.
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this is great:) gorgeous rhymes
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mud, bone, meat, death
hacking axe, slicing saw
the flesh riven and rent
the skull smashed and flattened
eyes spilling their egg yolk
the violence of bloody war
this graveyard speaks little of that
’tis but letters, names, and dates
the true horror is forgotten
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Thank you, malgal5708. I hope you’ll be back to visit.
Wanrerer7, amen to that.
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Very special this, beautifully structured, very imaginative.
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Thanks, Jo. All praise to Oz for his suggestions.
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That is good. Perhaps even brilliant! You give it a dark twist by classifying it under lullabies. I loved this one.
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Thank you, Ritwik.
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