A Forgotten Soldier

by Dark Savior   Oct 7, 2004


The man lay battered and bruised
his body lay limp as they tie the nuse
the man was sentenced for a crime he didn't commit
his was many names that were to be wiped from the list

a man who was devoted to his family and believe in right in wrong
now he is here on in a place that he shouldn't belong
he told the truth and for that he was punished
he would hope someone would do the same if it was his youngest

he had heard the woman scream and cry
as she watched her baby die
the problem child of a young mother
but she loved him like no other

she held him close and looked down at his face
and then the man put his head down in disgrace
he had seen the whole thing and wasn't going to tell
cause he knows then his family would enter personal hell

he kept his mouth shut like most others who had seen
but he couldn't just remain this serene
for he had seen that poor little boy in a crime scene
as he lay there he heard the woman's screams

the harder he tried the more it came through clearer
he was stopped by that one thing only known as fear
his lips were sealed never to be open he though
but the news one night he had caught

he seen the woman crying and pleading to the world
she was the clam and he was her pearl
the man made up his mind then and there
he spoke outloud without a care

now he is gone from this world without a trace
never remembered for his loving embrace
it was as though he had never existed
except for a case where his name is listed

so now they have two people who are buried in the ground
his life had a price and apparently it was by the pound
but now his family greaves over his loss
for telling the truth he paid the ultimate cost

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  • 15 years ago

    by jenpiglet17

    I really like this one-it reminds me of everyone i know that's overseas... the great thing, as sad as it is, it's so true, and could be happening any day. but really good poem. i like :) 5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by Jenn

    hello again,i like this poem alotyou make something that my not be a true storey but yet you make it seem so really i could picture it all very dramatic i love it 5/5
    xoxox Bj

  • 19 years ago

    by Jacklyn

    LOVE it. great poem!! PLP

    ~lil slam~

  • 19 years ago

    by Allissa

    i liked it....it kinda seems like jesus(not that ima christain or anything) but i liked man u should do more like that but darker i love it and i love it....srry

    hugs and kissed
    xoxoxoxox

  • 19 years ago

    by ReenIe

    great i loved it. the story lione was brilliant. as for the comment u left me about the structure of my poems. do u have any advice because i've been trying to improve thew structure but i can't......... it would be realli appreciated for the advice. thanx.. oh yeah i like your work, i have been reading it , and its pretty good , i wish i could be that good, maybe one day with practice