The End of the War - Juliana Hatfield

I’m on my way

When winter comes

I’ll be okay again

So quiet here

And no more tears

Just bloody memories

I survived the famous fall

Our injuries explain it all

Empty shells on the beach like poems

Cowards lie down in the tall grass

Waiting for the battles to pass

They’ll do anything to save themselves

You sent someone to fight for you

But no one fought for me

I advanced into the fray

To kill the sorrow and the pain

I was tired and so hungry

At the end of the story

Now I’m building strength

I paid such a price to be free