Soldier Boy Poem by alfusainey Sonko

Soldier Boy

Rating: 4.5


All they taught, to handle
throw and bury explosives
bomb and bullet as shirt
guns are my trouser
nothing but to guard
glancing and glance enemies
intervention as my subject
thus war the daily topic
with the anthem
'no mercy'

All they taught, to kill
all my excels are Sins
progress in life
was never taught
all to -scope and shoot
scramble like a thief
lives destruction i must
kill or did i must
suicide at battle front

All they taught, to destroy
Country to, Country to
lives and properties
my target with arrow
all they assemble in office
their command in cesspool
bark like dogs
yes sir!
even dying
convene for mission
head and tail untold
long since scooped
all they command
destruction alone
killing our days

All they taught, no mystery
million i guarded
when time to collapse
i must first
i kill and inhale
when no inhales
ever war,
hope always mine
Wishdom never far
killing i must with
till death overcome
and take the last breath
with no objection.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Yasmin Khan 17 April 2013

War is a bad taste business that dominates the mind who are involved in it. Obsession with war with no logical reasons is just savage. You have written some very expressive lines like' bomb and bullet as shirt/ gun is my trousers.../with the anthem 'no mercy'. Well done!

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