Still Human?
No horror?
I feel no horror.
No fear nor disgust.
Wasn't this red, dripping paste
A rational person
A distant friend
A battle-buddy
an hour ago?
His dreams, hopes, desires are splattered on the truck.
His life and loves are a chunky puddle soaking in the sand.
A torn boot found freedom in a parched field.
The foot stayed with the rest
It had grown quite attached after carrying a lifetime of recently splattered dreams.
The horror! No horror.
A lingering sadness.
A detached coldness.
I feel unfeeling.
The tree line is leveled.
The joy! The cheering!
The enemy paint the river rocks red.
Bury them in splinters!
What a waste of human courage.
Homeward now.
Stand tall for the customary congratulations
And even silent condemnations
And hear sanctimonious cowards explain the meaning of it all.
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