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Only I Am Returned To Tell Thee

in
we
spiraled
colony
silence in the stars
Ship withheld fire in case some lived
this was a strategic system both sides feared to face
dug
in
ambush
few ever
reached the ground alive
lightning from the sky cracked the egg
the colonists naught but burnt bones scattered in the domes
the
bugs
fought hard
never knew
what they called themselves
called Ship it’s done send a shuttle
no answer came save peeping from the wood all around
now
you
have come
settling in
telling me homeworld
took a grievous hit but we won
no home for me, and the bugs, we still don’t know their name