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Open Poetry #50

Hell is for Heroes

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2018-11-11 05:11 PM

We’ve heard it
too many times
that war is hell.
It rolls off our ears
with hardly a trace
or pang of remorse
or grief.
Unless it has touched us
too close to home.
Then hell hardly begins
to describe it.
Hell is different for everyone.
It tortures with impunity.
War has been a timeless endeavor.
When was there ever a time
without one happening somewhere?
When was there ever a time
it didn’t leave a legacy of loss
borne by both sides?
When did it not leave wounds
that didn’t heal?
When did we not wish
there never be another?
Heroes, everyone that went.
Heroes, everyone that returned,
be they sound and whole or not.
Maybe someday hell will no longer
call heroes to suffer through it.
On this day we remember those
Heroes who have,
and try to thank them for the things
we can not begin to imagine.

LGR(C)11/11/18

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2018-11-11 05:27 PM

The title grabbed me and wouldn't let go for a few minutes. Then it did. Then I was able to read your poem about our heroes and hell. I have to agree with you, my friend,"Hell is for Heroes" for sure.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

2 posted 2018-11-11 06:39 PM

L, Very meaningful & true,a Fine tribute told so well Poetess.

Sky~

~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~

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