Something Of Innocence Was Lost Poem by Gert Strydom

Something Of Innocence Was Lost



I knew Shell-shocked troops,
who were battle hardened
and who struggled between
the sense and senselessness of killing.

Something of innocence was lost
and some brutal thing was gained
and the fatality of life remained

Gert Strydom
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Topic(s) of this poem: innocence
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