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CwboyAtHeart
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since 2001-04-14
Posts 541
Selah, WA, USA

0 posted 2003-04-02 10:28 PM


I just wrote this one...  Lately I've been thinking about the men and women over there fighting in Iraq...  I've always kinda thought about the military people as being older, I guess, and having something different in them that makes them more willing to sacrifice their life.  But lately, I realize that they are probably extremely scared right now also, and they're really as young as 18 and 19...  2 or 3 years older then myself.  I find it amazing that they are willing to make this sacrifice, and many really are making this sacrifice as they fight.  So, this is what I came up with in response to those thoughts.  Let me know what you think!

ARMY MAN

Army man
You're only eighteen
Army man
You're a fighter, flier or marine

You're old enough
Our country you defend
You're still young
Could you have been my friend?

Army man
You're too young to die
Army man
It's okay for you to cry

Keep on staying strong
You have so much to live for
Still you're a teen just like me
But now you're off to war

Army man
You're feeling all alone
Army boy
We pray you will come home



      - Cody -

Note To Self:  If Pigs Can Fly, So Can I!!!

If someboy laughs at me, does that make me funny or just plain stupid?  

[This message has been edited by CwboyAtHeart (04-02-2003 10:31 PM).]

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wvplayernotreally
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since 2002-11-06
Posts 215
yakima wa
1 posted 2003-04-03 12:06 PM


Cody this was good. Really good. this is what a lot of us feel. :-\ its hard. thinking about if you know someone out there.

" I think I got a tan from the light in which i was basking."

Larry C
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2 posted 2003-04-03 12:14 PM


Cody,
Amen...may they all be home soon.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Kandi
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since 2000-06-14
Posts 354
North of Hell
3 posted 2003-04-03 03:56 PM


Wow - I really liked this. Changing "man" to "boy" in the last stanza was really effective, it gave me a chill. Thanks for posting this one.
God bless all the troops.

The day you were born, you were born free
That is your privilege.

Chameleon
Member
since 2002-08-07
Posts 99
Australia
4 posted 2003-04-04 12:02 PM


interesting read.
its like a bubble bath, added with anti-septic.

brtymj
New Member
since 2003-03-05
Posts 8

5 posted 2003-04-04 12:50 PM


the begining kinda sounds admature but at the last stanza makes its a very complete poem that leavs a warmth within the readers heart
vlraynes
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...
6 posted 2003-04-05 01:57 PM



Cody~
This is quite a powerful piece, and it truly touched me.
They are definitely in my thoughts and prayers.
This is one of my favorites of yours, and I'd say
one of your best as well.
Wonderfully done, Cody.
~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

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