at a loss for splendid 
insurgency 
mindful of palpitant 
rebellion 
in need of irreverent 
windows 
hiding within linguistic 
shadows 
paused 
poised 
against the brumous lip 
of the splintered edge 
indecision  
indecipherable 
in the sunlit corner 
near the ethereal sedge 
 
enemy children in rented halos 
taciturn god splayed away from me 
what am I to do 
                       to say 
                           to be 
without peace I beg for murder 
left to the decedent beast 
left to the solicitous dreams  
blood and life 
                                  rest and strife 
 
my face in the mirror
Robert Combs
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/war-65/