Handful Of Dead Soldiers 1942.

A handful of soldiers 

lay frozen in the snow,

no longer available 

for the winter slaughter,

unable to hear 

the orders given. 

One lay face down 

as if he slept, 

another lay on his back 

eyes opened 

as if he watched 

the fall of snow 

which drifted down 

upon his face, 

like some lost pilgrim 

awaiting grace.