Mark Antony Rossi writes

Iron Wet

Red

Is the iron wet
Rolling down
My broken rib cage
Exposed
To light and laughter
As if there is
No hereafter.
To believe in blood
Is to have faith
In a creator.

 

Sabre wound to abdomen, Peltier, Belgian Hospital, 2 July. Wounded at the Battle of Waterloo -- Charles Bell

 Soldier suffering from open chest wound, head and right arm bandaged -- Charles Bell