I almost died in my dream

As I had become trapped

When my one time school friends

Stormed the hill that we were defending

Most of my comrades

Had been killed in the shelling

But I had only been lightly injured

When my school friends arrived

They began bayoneting the injured

I was preparing for my own death

When the Captain recognised me

And said that I was his brother

I was taken immediately to a hospital

Where I recovered slowly

Waiting for the war to end

It was then that I sought out my saviour

Who when found invited me into his family home

We never discussed the war

As we were tired of the killing fields

And were now men of peace

 

 

 

DP