{"id":191,"date":"2024-01-10T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/testament\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:30:26","slug":"testament-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/testament\/testament-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Testament Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

These works were proudly created by our veterans within Testament.<\/h3>\n

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As I read Lucan’s Civil War, I was drawn to the gore, the excess and the rhetoric.<\/p>\n

His refusal to adhere to the history of epics, manipulating his commission, becoming a Heretic.<\/p>\n

It is the way that Lucan diverts warfare from the human and emotional shackles,<\/p>\n

And speaks in a dissociated machine-gun language that resonates with those born of battle.<\/p>\n

Like the soldiers of the Battle of Pharsalus, understanding and accepting what I see, in the mirror is what terrifies me the most<\/p>\n

It is not a demon, a monster, or a ghost<\/p>\n

The reflection I see is a child of war with a stare that burns with eyes reminiscent of Julies Caesar<\/p>\n

War-hungry like a descendent of Mars, embracing the chaos brought by Bellona, eager to please her<\/p>\n

Unable to hide all the dark thoughts, secretly yearning for another conflict to embrace<\/p>\n

Understanding now more than ever the consequences that those who cross the Rubicon must face<\/p>\n

Behind those eyes, the shadow of a warrior, filled with fury looking over my shoulder<\/p>\n

Exposing all the dark parts of my soul, once locked away to smolder<\/p>\n

.Like the excess of Erictho digging her fingers into the eyes of the dead<\/p>\n

The excess imagery of my war is burned into my head.<\/p>\n

The miasma of warriors both past and present stuck in winless wars fueled greed and fought by the brave<\/p>\n

War-torn souls waiting for the touch of the necromancer, plotting revenge, waiting to be plucked from their grave.<\/p>\n

Warriors once strong, now afraid that a good death was denied.<\/p>\n

Like Caesar said, I\u2019ve put my trust in the Fates. Let war decide!<\/p>\n

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Poem by: Robert Markwell<\/p>\n

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Artwork by: Josh Perry<\/p>\n

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