Men will become soldiers

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Men will become soldiers

We will fill them up with rage
And send them out to fill our papers
With news of their victories and losses.

We will adore them, hate them

Twist them away from the boys they were
And fashion from shell that is left
A killer, with a better name.

They will bleed for us and we

Will bear their bodies home
To tearstained mothers and lovers
Wrapped in the flag that broke them.

Men will become soldiers

Until broken, crying in the night
They find they cannot bear to fight.
We will not dare to ask it of them.

And this is when
Our soldiers can again be men.

• INCREDIBLE

  by princeton101

  Posted Jan 31, 2009
  +4
  This poem was amazing, if anyone ever gave you a bad review on this poem I'd be shocked. It kept it's rhythm, which is one of the hardest things for poets.
  
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• Date Added
• Oct 4, 2008 at 4:58 PM
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• Poetry
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