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Delores Hall
Member

since 1999-07-16

Posts 342
USA

0 posted 1999-07-16 03:04 PM

I am a soldier
I stand up high
Oh lord,to see
the way these poor
men died.
I look to the left
and then the right.
In the heat of the moment
I stand to fight.

I am a soldier
To see their pain
in such despair.
Oh lord,is there
anyway I can repair?

In this jungle
I was sent with a
gun and a rifle
in my defense.
To kill the enemy and do it right.
Should I turn and walk away
Or should I continue to fight?

I am a soldier
Oh lord, why am I here?
I can't do this anymore
I have to much to fear.

My friend lay's dying
His body ripped open.
He's crying out to me
a sad word spoken.

Please won't you tell them
I didn't die in vain. There
must be something in this war
to gain.

I am a soldier
My tears come slow with the
hurt I feel. I sit beside my
friend and kneel.

I say his last rites and close
his eyes.
In hopes that the lord will lift
his soul high.

I turn and walk away and fall to
my knees.
I scream to my lord,can you tell
me why please?

I am a soldier
I was sent to fight
Do you even think
that this was right?

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

1 posted 1999-07-16 03:22 PM

In a far away land across the sea
A lonely young soldier is fighting for me
Giving his time and maybe his life
To give us a world that's free from all strife.
In return for this great task done,
The rewards can be stated quite simply as one,
Giving your time and maybe your life,
To give us a world that's free from all strife.

Delores Hall
Member

since 1999-07-16

Posts 342
USA

2 posted 1999-07-17 09:00 PM

To Tim thank you.Your poem was beautiful.
You are good.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

3 posted 1999-07-17 09:49 PM

What a wonderful way to express the horror and unnessicity of war. I can't imagine that any soilder that has ever been in battle has not asked themselves this very same question.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 1999-07-17 10:00 PM

There is nothing more senseless than war. Your poem dispays that very well.

Delores Hall
Member

since 1999-07-16

Posts 342
USA

5 posted 1999-07-20 09:54 PM

Okay. Okay.Last one tonight I swear.

Artur Hawkwing
Member

since 1999-06-30

Posts 444
USA

6 posted 1999-07-20 10:25 PM

Liked this one a lot. I wish I still had my other poem to share how soldiers must feel when they live through a war their entire lives. Like in other third world countries.

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