She stands at the door
and watches him leave
He's joining the military corps
she knows she wont decieve
6 months later
She waits for his letter
she's at the post office
she should know better
but she's under stress
He sits in his tent
waiting for what?
his mind's been bent
he saw his best friend shot
He goes onto the field
and crouches down low
he suddenly feels
theres something he doesn't know
She's in the waiting room
waiting for her name to be called
she suddenly feels gloom
and time suddenly stalled
As he awakes in darkness
there are sounds all around
as he opens his eyes
he relizes he's on the ground
She hears the screams of pain
She can feel his breathing decline
see's his head, hung in shame
as he's forced to stand in line
He's chained to a wall
he's thinking about his wife
everything seems so small
he doesn't worry about his life
She looks back up
tears streaming down her face
she says "I've had enough"
and heads back to her place
He's standing there against the wall
getting himself prepared
he's ready for it all
but its a mystery why he's even there
She's sitting in her living room
with the lights off
like her destined tomb
when she hears a knock
He's waiting for anyone
someone hands him a gun
and they say with smite
"do yo want to end your life?"
She walks slowly to the door
she sees the chaplain
no one more
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and he hands her the letter
A contest entry
- Write a modern classic war poem. by BabyBun.
700 points, ended February 26, 24 entries
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A great and poignant story - thanks and good luck
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omg this was not what i expecting, i thought the female character would be pregnant, and the male would die at war, not that he would be captured and tortured, wow, sad but unique in a spine chilling way, it made me cry, great poem, best of luck in the contest
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Wow this is really strong. You can even feel that your there. Four line the word is spelt deceive. Other than that its great.
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ahhhhh... make me sad so did he kill himself i'm kinda out of it so.......
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read the second part...and you will find out...here's a hint...if u don't wanna read somthin sad...don't read "Letter from a Chaplain part 2"
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yeah, um...idk if he does or not...i'm still writing the second part...
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