Living shield

Simply no choice
but to run
Run away from it all
Haunted by war machines
Protected by none
The resistance contains
rebels against the rebellion
Shooting at everything
that moves
Still, you run
A living shield between
different militant troops
Until the end

Daginne Aignend is a pseudonym for the Dutch poetess Inge Wesdijk. She likes hard rock music, photography and fantasy books, is a vegetarian and spends a lot of time with her animals. Daginne started to write English poetry four years ago and posted some of her poems on her Facebook page and on her website. Read other articles by Daginne.