She's sitting on the porch,
Her beautiful baby girl in her arms,
Watching the road in expectance
Of her soldier boy's return
The car pulls up
Two men in uniform solemnly get out
The woman begins crying as the men approach
They climb the stairs
The first man embraces her
She pulls away and continues crying
The second male chokes back his grief
And slowly begins to speak
"Mam I'm sorry for the news
but your husband isn't coming home."
The woman, still holding her child,
Realeases a stutter and asks what happened
The officer slowly recounnts what happened
" It was the night before leave
Your husband was on routine guard duty
The assault came from out of nowhere
He took three shots
One of them hit him in the throat
He died 5 minutes later.
I'm truly sorry to deliver this news."
The two men retreat down the stairs
Returning to the hard tasks of the day
As the woman remains on the porch sobbing.
It was December 23, Such a horrible Christmas
A contest entry
- Dark poetry by cutekitten789.
800 points, ended December 11, 2007, 12 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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I don't want to to think about how that must feel... wow. Great way of portraying it in your poem.
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wow... just wow... what that must have been like... im sorry for their loss... this is what i asked for when i did this contest... theres no words on how muhc this poem means to me... i hope you and your friend know that your not alone...
very well done... i feel so much in this poem
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