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Soldiers

May 12, 2010
By CharlotteManning BRONZE, San Marino, California
CharlotteManning BRONZE, San Marino, California
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Favorite Quote:
"I have shared my heart, and tolled its' burdens. I have see death, i have seen pain. I will laugh once more, and cry too. For i know now what I have to accomplish… i have to live".


They love and hate,
With trust in fate.
A way with words,
Can change the herds.

Through cold and sleet,
Through rain and heat.
They die in blood,
Sink through the mud.

Come home with death,
No life or breath.
In fear they wake,
With wounds that ache.

Their families they left,
A poor hearts' theft.
They wait to cry,
They live or die.


The author's comments:
This piece was one of the first pieces that i wrote. When I read this to my friend she started to cry. I would like this poem to honor all of the soldiers fighting for our country. May this piece share the horror our troops feel.

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Tomboy GOLD said...
on Jun. 27 2010 at 2:14 am
Tomboy GOLD, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
"The human heart had hidden treasures; in secret kept; in silence sealed; the thoughts; the hopes; the dreams; the pleasures; whose charms were broken if revealed" - Charlotte Bronte

amazing, i love the stanzas and how it rymhs, i cant spell that srry