Death March

Location

My breath, it stops, lungs constrict

a world at war

tired, hungry, the guns, the march

Austria.

61 miles, carry on, die, beaten

Czechoslovakia.

I walk, can't walk, can't stop

Poland.

enemies, and no mercy, I pray

Denmark.

a land, to suffer, adrenalin, the pain

Norway.

fear of soldiers, I'm a soldier, was

Netherlands.

In line we boot, he falls, he's lost

Belgium.

who hears us? We're here, we run

France.

shoot, wide-eyed, body falls, lost

Yugoslavia.

Don't run, I endure, don't stop, survive

Greece.

The sea, the ship, the bomb

Germany.

you started this, you, Germany

Japan.

I'm lost, I'm lost

Luzon, Philippines

bombed, our own, the US

20,000

I'm lost, we're lost, soldiers of Bataan

Not lost, just gone

The March

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