Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 293 Drain / Rain

Colors drain slowly
from the soldiers left dying
-blue eyes cry in rain

Precious price of nation’s valor
Flowers on field of honor

                                      -CJ Holm

Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge (2/17/20)

https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/02/17/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-293/

“Soldiers are citizens of death’s grey land, drawing no dividend from time’s tomorrows.”

-Siegfried Sassoon