Excellent Retourne Seasons : Savage War by Bucketlist

Many young lives are lost too soon Before they have chances to know The adult life that could have been Instead brings them devastation Before they have chances to know Hopes and dreams materialize Their honor becomes post-humus When enemy’s fire takes its toll The adult life that could have been Fulfilling in love and life goals Put on hold for the rest of us They respond to the call of war Instead brings them devastation Return as tortured haunted minds Bodies destroyed by violence Forever ghosts of former selves Author Notes Retourne The Retourne contains four quatrains and each line has eight syllables. (16 lines, 8/8/8/8) The first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. (hint: make a template to keep lines in order). Retournes do not have to rhyme. (rhyme optional) Meter optional, too.

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