The original of Heroes that became Boy Soldier

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Open Poetry #31

The original of Heroes that became Boy Soldier

DavePage
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since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

0 posted 2004-03-20 03:18 PM

My face is in the earth
My feet are digging to
The sky is flashing light
My stomach flashes too

Nobody else is left
I should have gone with them
But when they went to advance
I hid behind my tomb

Now no-one has come back
But I hear the marching feet
I look at the steel at night
Can someone beat retreat

I wait for that death
Dishonourable I know
It doesn't matter how you die
It just matters how you go

I have no qualms for my coward's life
I've lived it all I could
I didn't wish to be here
I don't want to be good

I started at the bottom
With the heroes right on top
But when the killing came
They all felt they should stop

So they send us out poor souls
With all their fancy words
And told us we were heroes
And we would get what we deserved

Now we are all dead
They still breed anew
And raise their glasses up to us
And bloody heroes too.

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

1 posted 2004-03-20 06:07 PM

Really liked this one too Dave!

EagleScorpion
Senior Member

since 2000-03-08

Posts 1644
Here, Now, Forever

2 posted 2004-03-29 04:34 PM

heroes.

what is a hero?

most of the heroes in this world, you dont see on the news,
most of them live selfless pain, to help out me and you.

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