Trench Descriptive Writing

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It is safe to say I have been holding up quite well until recently. It has been 2 months today since I have left and still the atrocities I have seen in this time are unbearable. The constant warfare is exhausting and everyday I fear I will lose my life. Right now i am under a small cover in a trench. It is hard to write with the constant barrages of shells hitting the ground. I can almost tell by the sound how far the impact is. Everyday I am out here I grow more and more fatigue with limited rest. It is hard sleep, I have nightmares every night not only from the sound of each calibre but from the sight of my fellow comrades blown to bits and lying under a pile of demolished earth. Along with that, being confined in these trenches, the anxiety

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