F*ck Me When the War Is Done, and Other Poems by Ninnachel by Elwin Fortuna

Fuck Me When the War Is Done

Some purposely grotesque imagery in this one.

Read Fuck Me When the War Is Done

Fuck me when the war is done,
When tangled starlets hang bright over battlefields,
When the Moon shines silver on abandoned armour,
When battlefields grow green again and richer for the plowing,
Plow me on the green grave-given grass.

We have no need of governments or kings,
No Vala to rule us, no need of wealthy things,
Let them have their Jewels as long as they get gone,
Fuck me when the war is done, my bright and shining one.

Fuck me when the war is done,
When the king is dead and all his heirs gone too,
When the recaptured Jewels waft rainbows against the Sun,
When Morgoth's vast bulk lies smoking in the dustlands,
Fuck me then, and laugh.

We have no need of governments or kings,
No Vala to rule us, no need of wealthy things,
Let them have their Jewels as long as they get gone,
Fuck me when the war is done, my bright and shining one.

A Soldier's Life Is Never Fair

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A soldier's life is never fair.
We march in blazing sun or freezing air
And every part of me is sore
In a way I can't ignore.

Bruises just from this ill-fitting armour
Cuts and scrapes from a scuffle in the night
A bash on the head, a dent in the helmet
My cloak has a great rent in it
My face is scarred now.

A soldier's life is never fair.
We walk in burning wastes and stinking air
And every part of me burns --
Many happy returns!

My head's buzzing from this foul mist
My mouth is dry, my lips unkissed,
(Somehow that's the worst, belovedest),
I'm alone in the night,
And nothing is right.

A soldier's life is never fair.
I'd walk to you tomorrow if my heart would dare
But every part of me resists
That's what you get when you enlist.

Ninnachel's Dreme

Read Ninnachel's Dreme

I dreamed of a lake on a warm summer's night
Where your hair rivalled the Moon for light.

I dreamed of a field lying half-unplowed
And the way you needed to finish it now.

I dreamed of a scream with my final breath
And that I saved your life with my death.

I dreamed of a rainbow in the sky,
"Why improve on perfection?" said I.

I dreamed that your hands were holding mine,
And we'd never part for the rest of time.

Song for the Lonely Soldier

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I've been awake for two days straight now
And fighting far away from you
I've been drinking a little too much today
You'd frown, but alas, it's true.

My days are far too lonely without you
My nights are way too sad.
I'm torn in two with my need to defend you
And my need to be held and had.

If you, in your mist-covered fields,
Think of me, if you miss me at all,
Picture me being part of the shields
That cover you, yet let you stand tall.