The Day Anna Fell
I remember the day Anna fell,
Part of her once beautiful throat,
Slashed off by whistling bullets,
With blood oozing off and damaged tendons dangling lifelessly,
Barely hanging onto one another, like dead twigs on dying branches,
Never to see her teenage daughter graduate in two weeks,
I remember the day Anna fell,
Peace, shattered by billowing dust, flying metals and raging hell,
With a bereaved cry,
I dropped my sanity and motherhood,
Charging forward towards unrepentant storm of enemy bullets,
For the freedom of my country men,
And love for my fallen best friend.
(Dedicated to all female soldiers across the globe… for the sacrifice, immeasurable.)
About this poem
The poem is a reflection of the ultimate sacrifice that a special community of women across the world make, usually unnoticed. It is narrative poem, about an imaginary character, Anna, whose heroism is captured through the eyes of a poetic persona. A poetic-story of bravery, sacrifice, pain and loss.
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Written on May 13, 2024
Submitted by OkoYanibo on August 23, 2024
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| Scheme | Axbaxx Aaxxbxx x |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 663 |
| Words | 123 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 1 |
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