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Soldier Boys

Two boys, Barely men With ash blonde hair, And soot stained skin   In a peaceful life They would be friends, or kin, But, in this war-torn world Neither would live to see who would win   Both twenty-two With, an invisible vision of victory, Marched forth through Troubled towns.…
Jan Hedger
3rd February 2021
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Wild Waters

Wild WatersSnow white palm, brittle as glassRed wine sky stained with poison,Flesh falls in fields of violence while, Rain taps upon tobacco-stained fingertipsDeath, lingers, in the shadows of trees,Whisps of hair, flutter in steel cold wind.Youth halted in time; age etched into stone.Blood infiltrates rivers like milk, Swirling in tea…
Jan Hedger
3rd February 2021