Once a Soldier, Always a Soldier
The relentless aggression I witness
I bleed crimson, screams of agony resonate
Through the brick walls they travel
When will this fantasy end?
To be in this world one day
With no bodies to bury I pray.
The aroma of my past follows me where I go
In my heart there is no more optimism to show.
A statue once so pure, tainted by the history growing through it
I wonder if I will ever be clean
If the marks of war, days of terror
Will wash off.
I look in the mirror
And what looks back at me is a stranger.
My mind cannot accept
This new truth, the fact that there walks a prisoner deep in despair
Inside a body that once belonged to the dirt.
Inside a body destined to be hurt
Destined for greatness they said
What I didn't know was that they wanted me dead.
We must press on, we have to overcome.
We are forced to fight, we want to be done.
I grew my hair out
And changed the clothes I used to wear
To avoid seeing my trauma glare back at me
About this poem
I started writing with no real idea in mind, and then it shaped into this poem about a person going through a war. I then turned it into a soldier who once fought and now cannot live with himself.
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Written on January 25, 2024
Submitted by rutkoszymo on January 25, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXAA BBXXCX CCXDEEFF XXXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 943 |
Words | 203 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 8, 5 |
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