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A ROSE FOR MY SOLDIER

I am a rose
the colour of
bloody battles
flowing through my
petals

I am a rose
with thorns like
bayonnets-
my petals
scattered
on distant plains

I am a rose
with smells
to entice
a warm embrace
from my
soldier
far away in
dusty
toil.