There,

there on the battlefield,

we fought and fought,

trench warfare,

mustard gas back and forth,

march onward,

take a few inches,

get sent back,

lost twenty,

shivering,

we were always shivering,

rats bit at our feet,

tore our boots,

mortars haunt my dreams,

back and forth,

we held the line,

we had to,

a division chased them from the forest,

we sent them retreating,

this wasteland never ended,

we would never take it all,

we lose more than we gain,

then came the daring quest,

a denouement out at sea,

a beast laid lurking,

The Serpent and The Voyager,

a battle to remember,

but they dug deep,

the land had to heal,

had to keep them out,

time was key,

we left our rifles in the dirt,

seeds to the beginning,

there they are,

nature growing around them,

I was there,

I was The Voyager,

now,

I am me,

The Freed.