Robert Green - Ashes!

A Test.  <br /> <br />You start digging in <br />Preparing for the attack you know is imminent  <br />Nerves on edge <br />Sweat stinging your eyes as it runs down your face from under your helmet <br />Everything seems to be happening in slow motion <br />But you know when they start firing everything will be fast <br />You lift your head slowly <br />You can hear the roar of the hostiles around you.  <br />Just waiting! <br /> like coiled springs <br />Your muscles flex within your equipment <br />You feel the weight of responsibility on your shoulders <br />Your country back home willing you on, to do your best for them.  <br />Your vision becomes tunnelled! <br />As they come into attack you <br /> you feel the pressure <br />It's only you between Victory and Defeat <br />You shoulder your weapon! <br /> you see and hear the enemy approach <br />Thundering towards you <br />This is your time <br />Now is the time to stand firm <br />He fires at you <br />You see the missile approach <br />You turn your body <br />In defence <br />Then you strike <br /> <br />CRACK <br />  <br />The willow strikes the leather  <br />The ball sails over the head of your opponants and races away to the boundary and the winning runs are hit. Instantly you are a hero.  <br />Now that you return the ashes.  <br /> <br /> <br />CRACK <br /> <br />You let off a dozen rounds <br />The enemy start falling around you <br />But just one gets through your defences <br />You fall, crimson red blood pours from you as you lie dying in a faraway land <br />Not many will remember <br />As you return as Ashes.  <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RG<br /><br />Robert Green<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ashes-50/