As smoke filled the skies

as vultures flooded the air

there was no gun fire

no screams

no cries

only despair

the world had stood still

the sun has disappeared

the world empty

a husk of itself

machines of carnage

stood still over trenches

a battle forzen in place

leaving only silence

who knows what has happend

who knows of there fates

bit it didn't matter

in the end

it was clear

we did not leave with a war cry

we did not fade to high tides

we did not die in a blaze of glory

but with a whimper

before silence