I Heard No More (A Soldier's Monologue)




Watched a father and daughter play

I leaned so low through the barricade 

I spied on them but the eyes soon fell on mine

“Pirate” the child pointed out,

I then bent so low but it was too late 

The door shut down and I heard no more


Watched a father and daughter play

I then glanced on, at the starry sky

As a cold wind blew and froze me once 

then came another and froze me twice

Once or twice a hand peeped through

And then the door shut down and I heard no more


I heard no more. I heard no more. I wish I could hear many many more

But alas! all I could hear was the whispering woes

The heart slowing down, the lips growing white

The heart played its music; a beat or two

Then I heard no more, I heard no more


(Painting used: On the Wire by Hervey Thomas Dunn, 1918) 

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