Battlefield

Shouts echo in multitudinous ears
Noise rains down
Detailing every shout, every cry
Dirt flies,
Covers every inch
Of parched, thirsty earth.
No rain, no rain today.
Grey helmets stretch
To eternity
And back
On featureless faceless plain
That still is starved of rain.
No, no rain today.
Futility shaded blue
So deep, so long
Embraces the faces
And hearts
Of such as these
Who long for rain.
No rain. No rain.
Night falls unnoticed,
Unseen.