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Watching Through a Scope
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Watching Through a Scope |
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N|D|N|C|Lost-Poet Member
since 2009-07-30
Posts 360New Orleans |
The man next to me, holds a picture of his wife and cries. I crouch lower for the one who moves, dies. I stare into my scope at the ridge before me. The dawn breaks to light the enemy for all to see. They crawl, here and there. There is no wind. As I let go of my breath, I say a prayer for the man's death. My finger presses against the trigger, for a bullet to send. As I hear the shot go off, the world stands still. Pink Mist filling the sky. A shot of skill. Those left are next. One shot. One kill. We pick them off, I let a man run before I fired. Does he not know? Run from a sniper you'll only die tired. The man next to me must have got what he desired. For he went home that day, a feat to be admired. If not for the fact he lay in a casket. I do not cry. There are many more lives for me to take. Even if only for my families sake. I do not care for death, nor do I wish for suffering. Yet this war has only started and has much more to bring. A priest once asked me, how can I be so cold? I answered as truthfully as I knew how. "A wise man once said to me:You want to stay alive? Then do as your told! Keep your head down, always be bold. You're the salesman, they the customer. Now get these bullets sold." Semper Fi -LostPoet |
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crosscountry83 Member
since 2009-07-30
Posts 345 |
Wow this is fabulous poetry. It's very descriptive and I pretty much know what's going on during the whole poem. I wonder what it would feel like to be in that situation. |
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Leanne <3 Member
since 2007-08-25
Posts 216N.S.W, Australia |
heaps of war poems normally begin to sound the same because they all have a similar tone, but i really liked how u wrote it from a different perspective. In some ways a more honest perception of war. kill or be killed. great job -Lee |
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N|D|N|C|Lost-Poet Member
since 2009-07-30
Posts 360New Orleans |
Thank you. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde |
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