this

T͟His

pronoun – used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced.

my beloved is

my beloved is 
not the only reaper who 
stalks this battlefield

this traffic is a 
demented video game 
with only one life

there are no heroes
there is only this awful
noble decision

if i want to raise 
a new life from old ashes 
i must burn this one

this vain artifice 
holds me ever hostage to 
my better judgment

this matchless valor 
in bloody consecration  
of my shattered land

this young soldier weighs 
ninety-eight pounds soaking wet 
fifty of them heart

i spent my whole life 
preparing for this moment 
that just flickered by

if death can find me
anywhere then there is no
safe space in this world

i have the power 
to choose anything from this 
menu before me