Man At War Poem by corey jackson

JUST BARELY 18, SENT TO FIGHT LIKE A MAN. THEY

SAY IT SHOULD JUST BE BANNED.

YOU HEAR PEOPLE SCREAM AND SHOUT BUT ALL YOU

CAN DO IS POUT.

YOUR FEAR THE CLACK CLACK BOOM OF WAR BUT

YET YOU ARE NOT TORN.

YOU THINK OF YOUR FAMILY AND SMILE, BUT ALL THE

WHILE YOU TRY NOT TO CRY.

YOU ARE IN TOP SHAPE AND STILL DON'T HATE

YOU LOOK TO GOD FOR HELP. AND ITS HELP YOU

RECIEVE.

YOU WANNA GO HOME, BUT YET YOU KNOW YOU

WILL GET TOLD NO.

YOU SEE YOUR COMRADE FALL WHILE YOU ARE

STANDING TALL.

HIS BODY IS NOW LYING ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW

HE IS WITH THE LORD.

YOU PRAY FOR YOUR SOUL TO KEEP WHILE YOU

WEEP.

YOU ASK FOR THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON, BUT

YOU KNOW YOU MUST MOVE ON.