Robert ' Bowe' Bergdahl Poem by Darwin Henry Beuning
Robert ' Bowe' Bergdahl
Assigned to an Army unit
In Afghanistan
He walked away
30 June 2009
To go out in hostile territory
Unarmed and alone
Not wishing to harm anyone
He had to be 'Beyond Mad'
Captured by the Taliban
Shortly thereafter
Held as a prisoner nearly five years
During which he escaped twice
Only to be recaptured
Exchanged in a prisoner swap
31 May 2014
Brought back to the 'Land of the Free'
To face another kind of Hell
A military court martial
From now until he dies
There will be a coldness shown him
Please, show him kindness
There is a reason he was allowed to live
Bowe,
Be of good cheer
The good Lord loves you
And you are not alone
The first I have heard of Robert. He was lucky to be the recipient of a prisoner swap, as the Taliban can be utterly ruthless. Now he faces being ostracized by the US army. Your poem shows compassion and reaches out.
1 - " Bowe Bergdahl face a court-martial on charges of desertion and endangering troops stemming from his decision to leave his outpost in 2009, a move that prompted a huge manhunt in the wilds of eastern Afghanistan and landed him in nearly five years of harsh Taliban captivity." subsequent Google items indicate he got NO PRISON SENTENCE for desertion. interesting. bri :) bri : :)
0625am,20 October 2017. What our government has done to Sergeant Bergdahl is a crime. President Obama should have issued a pardon and put an end to the madness. Then Bowe should have been given an honorable discharge with 100% disability for PTSD.
Very sad state of affairs. My heart goes out to him. Perhaps it would have been better for him to be killed? Is that what he really wanted when he walked away? We'll probably never know, unless he decides to tell us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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What a strange tale! He walked away from his unit into certain capture! What could he have been thinking? It really makes you wonder!