They stand behind their podiums,
preaching for their cause,
selectively blind and numbed
to the flood of pain and loss.
They hide behind the colors
of the flags over their land,
careful not to let the blood
taint their pampered hands.
They remind us of the soldiers
that sacrifice their lives,
promise to track the enemy,
ensure that none survive.
And a score of selfless heroes
raise a banner in their name,
and we watch, and wait, and pray
their fight is not in vain.
They don't cower behind podiums,
don't have hidden motives,
don't worry about polls
or appeasing any voters.
They fight to save their people,
to keep their homeland free.
They fight for pompous preachers.
They fight for you and me.
Author notes
pixxiepoetess is sticking to the war theme
A contest entry
- Truth Of Life contest round THREE (invite only) by xandercheerios.
1000 points, ended July 31, 2007, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Hmmmm....
...I am surprised that this did not win any trophy ~
Such truth spoken here and such dominance
in your grammatical choices my dear ~
It is a pleasure indeed to make my way over to your site
and review this powerful message ~
My son is in his 4th week of Marines Bootcamp, and
I need to hear words of wisdom and bravery right now ~
Thank you sweet Pixxie for sticking to the War Theme ~
Bear ~
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good job
great flow. i loved reading this. its so true, all our politicians claim there doing whats right for the country. But i dont see any progress from when the war started..were just more in debt and have lost more and more soldiers. Its a ahame. this poem captures that feeling well. keep writing -
Great
Freedom is not free. I was thinking about some that died in Viet Nam, so long ago. I pray that the troops get to come home soon.
Pen on...
Joe
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hahaha I love where you got the title from! In this demented world we are living in, sometimes war truly is necessary. We know world peace is not attainable, so don't even bother trying. Great work on the poem, could have used a few adjustments to the rhythm, but all in all, very well done.
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This was absolutely right. Pixxie this flowed beautifully!!! I could feel the anger rising and the emotion raw. I loved it. There is nothing about it I would change.
Guin
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