The angels we were before
18 years old I sold my soul
To a devil in disguise
Step right up
Don’t think to much
The best decision of your life.
Fun parts done son
Here’s your gun
We hope you come back alive.
Fight like hell
Make your parents proud
To come back dead inside.
Thank you for your service.
Here’s some pills for the pain.
Now be quiet.
Wait your turn.
Or come back another day.
When Uncle Sam abandons his misguided children after war.
I mourn my mothers angel
She remembers from before.
About this poem
I am someone they forgot about
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Written on March 02, 2014
Submitted by Johnathon.sirlin on March 02, 2024
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Scheme | XXXXX AAXXXX XXXXX BXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5, 3 |
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