It wasn't the first of many letters,
Nor was it the last,
It was the absence I felt,
It has been so long,
I can't feel homesick,
I have learned quickly,
This is my home.
Home, If you can call it that,
My brothers,
My sisters,
My rifle,
Sand in every pore of my body,
And surrounded by death.
Most of my letters have fallen apart,
Torn,
Dirty,
And no long smelling of,
What I used to call home.
Tired, is my new awakened state,
Rest is no longer rest,
As I'm torn from sleep,
By brutal,
Unspeakable dreams.
Maybe it was feeling nothing,
For someone who I meant everything to,
Maybe it was knowing,
I am moving backward in life,
The one I worked so hard to build.
Most of all,
It is that I now know,
Not even tears of innocence,
Can wash the blood,
From my war torn hands.
A contest entry
- Life of a Veteran. by Me a poet-maybe.
1750 points, ended December 25, 2007, 15 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - War by peregrin.
750 points, ended September 10, 2008, 28 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Very touching! I have such deep respect for our vets!! Great write!
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Made me cry.
I love it,
I think it is very powerful, touching piece.
Thank you for entering.
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this is so moving and powerful..........wow. i loved it.
Most of all,
It is that I now know,
Not even tears of innocence,
Can wash the blood,
From my war torn hands.
this part is the best stanza ever. best poetry ive read for a while now....and the title works perfect with the piece.
thank you.
legendd.
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Yes, I can understand completely. The tiredness, the numbing everything.
This reads like you're still active, if so I pray for your safe return as do many others. If not, Welcome Home and God bless you my brother.
My best in the finals, I'm putting off picking many till the end.
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you have my heart with this..I will pray for you and for your precious fiancee what stress and pain you are both under. Keep going sweetie keep going.God does not make us strong with out a reason.
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Thanks so much!
I tried to write from a soldiers point of view this time which is different for me. Thanks sweetheart.!!
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