Quaint Night, Grimy Trench
The hymn, a familiar melody of innocence, drifted across the ravaged landscape. A haunting irony, for here in this quagmire of mud and gore, the only thing silent was the snow falling upon the charred earth. The men huddled in their trenches, faces etched with a weariness that spoke of countless days spent on this cursed battleground. Their Christm