The Pitts

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    The Pitts

    When a soldiers job is done
    few care if he has lost
    or won.

    His soul is shredded,
    never to be
    the same.

    So.....

    nightmares have become his
    friends, waking him with
    gruesome pain.

    He grabs, very carefully,
    from bed to dead, black
    chair.
    His legs are gone,
    deep in sands.
    So it goes, he is aware,
    who gives a damn
    when no one cares.

    Never will we walk
    within the boots he wore.

    So little we choose
    to see.

    This hero has been
    cut in half,
    just to make us free.

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    lightcourier commented on The Pitts

    05-04-2009

    Excellent work. What IS the point? Well drwn out. Very powerful! Thanks!

    aggieprof commented on The Pitts

    03-23-2009

    Love the 1st stanza. The whole thing is well done and with a powerful message.

    bandit1192 commented on The Pitts

    03-17-2009

    It's the dark side of the hero poem. What a horrible cost of war. Good job TS

    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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