<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=507202" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ashes!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Test. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">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</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>CRACK</div><div style="margin:10px 0">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. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">RG</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Green">Robert Green</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=507202" data-title="Ashes! de Robert Green" data-description="A Test.  You start digging in Preparing for the attack you know is imminent  Nerves on edge Sweat stinging your eyes as it runs down your face from under your helmet Everything seems to be happening in slow motion But you know when they start f..."></div> </div> </div>

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