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.

• Very cool poem, short and effective

  by Treborsinna

  Posted Oct 22, 2008
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  Twist them away from the boys they were
  And fashion from shell that is left
  A killer, with a better name.
  
  i love these lines.
  
  It's a very strong, short poem, but it's got a lot of punch in the few lines
  
  I felt like there was a little lack ... (read more)

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