Betwixt & between

Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Lies a multitude of heinous sins
Bathed in the richest blood
Of a thousand slain warriors.

Between you and me
Is a mountain of the soul
And a generation of longing
To plough gifts in your fertile lands.

Between today and tomorrow
Arises questions in metric and old money,
Waiting to be answered
But dropping to the floor of the ocean
As the unanswered prayers
Of he who lost his life
On the battlefield
Of your desires.

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