i ought not
to tell you
i read your poem today
and that it was
grand
it was the caps lock
that gave it away
i'd imagine
this is what battle is like
knowing the man
on the opposite side
of the field
is a good man
a man of friends
of family
whom one could befriend
if it were not for
this carnage
alas comrade,
we are not fortunate enough
to spectate the splendor
of Mars at work
for this
wages within
my heart
beats as yours
and it is no artifice
it is because we love
that we are
here
well expressed poem