Free Will
Created on Saturday 02 October 1999
© Ben Green 1999
He was sent
To Ypres.
He reported to His senior
Officer.
He peered through the
Gloom, the
Gloaming
To see the officer point to
The trench.
He ran there, stumbling in
The gloom.
His lieutenant looked up
With eyes
Bloodshot
Weary
Tired
Sad.
Get down he
Yelled.
Too late
The first flash nearly
Blinded him
The second
Did.
The third tore off his
Arms and
Legs
The fourth
Killed him.
All four flashes in
Five
Seconds.
And now He is here
With me
His guardian angel
After fifteen years
Of life and
One
Minute in the
Trenches.
I could do nothing
To protect him
Simply because Man
Has
Free Will.
Free Will to turn against God
Free Will to turn against Man
Free Will to kill Man with Man
Over five inches
Of mud and soil.
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