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