February 13, 2013 Battle Scarred – A Tanka Image Credit: nationalgeographic.com Names long forgotten Came screaming back to haunt me As if yesterday Friends lost on the battlefield Turn dreams to guilty nightmares ~~ D. R. DiFrancesco ~~ Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Posted in Poetry Tagged battle, battlefield, death, dying, guilt, guilty, nightmares, poem, poetry, PTSD, shell shock, tanka, war 6 Comments