The Bivouac


It was a circle round the fire,
hands stretched out towards warmth.
Comrades and friends together,
lonely for home.
Someone led the group into song
and for a while all forgot the war.
They forgot the blood and guts
of a battle fought that day.
As the last strains of song faded out
one by one, they drifted away
in search of brief rest.
Crisp frost covered sleeping forms,
and a harvest moon looked down
on absentee fathers and sons,
dreaming of crops and neglected families.
Next year would surely be a great rich harvest.
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