the whole

i just stood there, stupified look and all
staring down at the hole.
it hadn't even started bleeding, too soon even for that

then ragged edges flushed with crimson
welling and overflowing
still no pain
rapidly spreading he watched with glistening eye
lifeforce oozing

it came...unprepared
a veteran feeling the screaming terror
love is a battlefield

whole shattered
shards flung

ive got to pick them up