Like So Many Before Them

Saddled with disgraced command Shallow slit trenches, blasted by sand Inexperienced troops were spread thin Dispersed - by harsh terrain The scorching sun blaze - on withered men Exhausted and mauled - slaughtered one to ten Exasperated and exposed, on topographic crests Their ghastly silhouettes were marked for death It was murder! Into the muzzles of concealed eighty-eights they rolled It was murder! Tank after tank, blown to bits, lured into the fold Air superiority was forfeited The gruesome shelling intensified Howling Stukas piling up the dead Their lifeless eyes looks to the sky Another nail in the coffin hammered down Bearing the mark of the Afrika Korps Cold winds of death sweeps the battered ground Grinded into dust, lies the Allied force Before them, the victorious amass Silence falls upon the Kasserine Pass It was murder! Into the muzzles of concealed eighty-eights they rolled It was murder! Tank after tank, blown to bits, lured into the fold Just like so many before them Returned to earth condemned Condemned Just like so many before them Returned to earth condemned Just like so many before them Returned to earth condemned Condemned Condemned Condemned Faded bones In windswept soil Eclipsed by stone In consecrated void

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025