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On The Field Of Failure

 

Black crows gather
On the field
Of failure

Iron rusts
On the field
Of failure

Blood stains the grass
On the field
Of failure

Orphans are made
On the field
Of failure

Nothing changes
On the field
Of failure

This poem is from the book A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken

 
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