Warrior

Rising from the ground
slowly wiping his brow
sweat drips to the sodden soil
as he glances around,
body's lay frozen
piled with ash,
a battle forgotten, 
armour clashing
swords pelting.
Ears ring with the sound of deathly shouts
fallen horses lay below,
clad with mud 
struggle now gone.
shield on his back
clotted wounds now packed,
drifting with the ghastly smoke
till the day he rests
with the warriors he once met.