Amidst the desert sands dawnings just begun,
battle rages on, bombing veils the rising sun.
A boy not yet a man holds a picture to his heart,
of loved ones not forgotten though oceans keep them apart.
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you have painted your passions very well in the poem, these lines are beautiful- Concealing his dismay he holds his head up high, his arms embrace a trusted friend watching him slowly die.