The Bullet That Could've Been

Gold and brass blended
20mm long, 7mm wide
Faded engraving of numbers down the side.
Engineered for a perfect compromise
Between aerodynamics and deadliness -
The ultimate ammunition.
Despair, devastation, death, and destruction
Are memories this bullet has seen.
Nazis, Imperials, fractured and distressed families -
Distraught and sorrowful
If this bullet had been loaded, and a trigger pulled,
it might've ended a mans life
Its perfectly pointed tip, skin piercing, like a knife
Soldiers relentlessly running into battle
Instantly mowed down by bullets like this
Families distraught and torn apart because of bullets like this.
History and the present shaped, because of bullets like this.
This bullet lives in my grandfather’s memory, the war he fought in
Zweiter Weltkrieg, Sekai Taisen Ni, World War Two