My friend the solider

by Juls   Dec 31, 2005


Mother and daughter crying
Father and Brother frown
Grandparents remember you
as the one who stood proud

Men in uniform
Sault to the flag
None shed a tear
As your casket walks by

Your body to mangled
for those to view
So a picture stands in the corner
Of once a young happy you

Your fellow solider
A life long friend
Is the one to say the nights prayer
For you, the dead

As many stare at
your flag covered casket
we give thanks and tears
You fought for us in the war

As your body arrives
at the burial site
This is the place
where you body is led

A sound of weeping comes to all
as they all hear
a familiar sound
Shooting of guns all in one round

As a solider breaks down
he falls to the ground
he says you were too young
you had alot of light in your life

As your father looks with shock
To know that you risked your life
He finally breaks down
to such a patriotic site

*Nate DeTemple died
September 05' in Iraq by a road side bomb and was killed along with 4 others. He was only 18 years old. I love you Nate and I'll miss you my friend.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Tainted Beauty

    Aww! This poem almost made me cry, especially the last stanza! Great work on this, it's so sad that soliders die so pointlessly, it breaks my heart everytime i hear of a soldier dying. Great work

    --Steph

  • 18 years ago

    by Ria

    It's a great poem, I don't know your point of view, but partiots or not, they are all men who deserve to live, I'd prefer to see those soldiers live in peace that stand for aa already safe country.Well done to you

  • 18 years ago

    by *Sherrie*

    Im sorry you had to go through that, but this is a great poem, from what I have read you are an amazing poet, Im looking forward to reading more of your work
    xox Sherrie

  • 18 years ago

    by VampyraKi†

    Wow that is truly amazing

  • 18 years ago

    by NissY

    A good one.
    You did draw a good picture of the whole situation, but what Lorraine stated in her comment was somehow true.

    I aint saying am better either, but what I do is let the words flow out onto the sheet, and then re read it and try to re construct it; but hey, don't change too much, or the poem will loose out on the spontaneous part.

    Apart from that, Love reading your work.

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