Finding our victory- Original Writing

Finding our victory- Original Writing

“What’s happening?’ I heard the soldiers crying. I didn’t understand

how everything went wrong. First we were happy…

… Then we were sad. It was like a blossoming flower caught in a storm.

The knocking in my head wouldn’t end. Were we so stupid all along?

This is what happened

“We are going to win this war!” my regiment sang happily. This was

exactly what my mum always wanted me to be – independent, have a

family of my own and fight for my country! She would be so proud of

me. Even though she’d passed away a while back, she could still see me

from heaven – which she used to call “a special place”.

Time flew past as we were on our way to win the war. We began digging

up the damp mud to build our trenches. Our feet were sinking into the

soft surface of the mud. The time had slowed down. Throughout the day,

the clock ticked slower as if it has completely stopped. Our

brightness had faded away. Even the smiles on our faces were

forgotten. What happened? We had thought that we would win, that this

war would be a war to end all wars. We thought this would be the Great

War. So what was going to happen? Nobody knew. I had that feeling,

which felt like the END! That feeling is fear. I was frightened that I

was going to die. I was frightened that we were going to lose. I was

frightened that it would get worse.

And it did get worse. The Germans began to fire. My fear came back.

The captain ordered us to cross no mans land; he said we had no

choice. This was it. My heart was pounding like the footsteps of a

running horse.

We started to cross no mans land. My feet were hurting from standing

in the muddy trenches. The land was so empty and lonely. I was so

stiff from the coldness of the wind, trying to walk on the mud and