Empty roads are all I find.
Icy fingers on my spine
The empty eyes, this friend of mine
The Fates of war are so unkind
We joined together.
It seems so long ago.
So much has happened since then.
We aged a thousand years each day.
We should have gone together.
Better yet, I would have gladly taken his place.
I know he would have taken mine;
In fact he did.
My fallen friend,
whose life held so much promise
and so much hope.
His sacrifice has turned pale
the luster of words like God and country.
If we had believed in what we were doing
it would have all made sense or somehow been all right.
How will I face the ones he loved,
look into their eyes and tell the tale
of how he fell, never knowing why.
I'll think of him every day,
until I finally lay down, my own world growing dark.
The memory of his confused pain will haunt my dreams,
an eternity of regret,
knowing that he gave everything for nothing.
If only I'd had time
to tell him how much I'd miss him,
or to say "I love you, brother."
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very nice i've been there too it does get better over time
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Welcome to the site!!
Missing loved ones is something we all can and do relate to. This is a tender write with much feeling woven in. Thank you for sharing this!
I encourage you to keep writing to read and comment.
God Bless
Tammy
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Welcome to AllPoetry
Wow, this really is moving. It sounds like a very emotional, difficult situation. I'm not really sure what else I could say, except thanks for sharing and good luck
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Welcome to AllPoetry
The final line really sinks inside the mind and heart creating a stop.
Wonderfully expressed
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Thank you for your entry
Best of luck
Stay safe
~Manda
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This is a really heartwrenching piece. I really love this. Our soldiers are so influential in everyone's life, yet we don't often see them as such.
And in the end we do wonder if that life has been wasted. But it hasn't been. There are always those who are proud of who they were and what they did
Thanks so much for your entry
Gaylene
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