The Ending Poem of a Fanfic. · 11:29pm Apr 24th, 2015
The following is a poem that I've added at the end of Journal of a War Pony.
Come to think of it, this must be my first poem I've done in over a year. Hope you all like it.
Requiem for WWI
by CrackedInkWell.
Grant them eternal rest,
General of the sky and
Commanders of earth.
Have these men who swam
in rivers of mud where
rats and corpses thrive find rest.
Give them peace from the
bushes of barbed-wire,
of the raining bullets and
shrapnel from the clouds of
mustard.
No more shall they worry
about running into legions of
bayoneted riffles while stepping on
a triggered mine.
Never again shall the frost,
the mud,
or the lice make them
sick.
Free them from their shaking
bodies because of their shaken
minds.
Liberate them from a nightmare
without end that your generals
and your country call glory.
For they have seen gore
and horror then those in
the underworld should see in
eternity.
Grant them eternal rest,
for after all they have done,
they need it.
Amen.
Who is the author again? This is lovely, and I love anything associated with the First World War.
Mine actually. I was originally trying to find a poem to put at the very end of my first FanFic on this site. When I couldn't find one that I was looking for, I came up with this just today.