I'm the unknown soldier
Who you refuse to know,
I'm the brother and the friend
You left so long ago.
I'm a farmer from Missouri
A soldier from St. Paul.
I'm my sister's hero
I'm the name on a wall.
I'm the unknown soldier
The one you left behind.
I'm the country boy from Texas
Who you never tried to find.
I'm someone's long-lost daddy
I'm my father's pride and joy.
I was someone's gentle lover
And someone's little boy.
I'm the unkown soldier
With no more tears to shed.
I'm the ghost of Christmas past,
I'm the living dead.
I'm a sailor and a scholar
I'm the boy who lived next door.
I'm the poet and the dropout
You sent to fight the war.
I'm the unknown soldier
Who dreamed you'd rescue me.
I'm the man who understands
Only death will set me free.
How could you just forget me?
Should I forget you too?
You must try to bring me home,
For I belong to you.
I'm the unknown soldier
Whose cries are all in vain,
Would you finally come for me,
If you could feel my pain?
My country has betrayed me
But I've forgiven you,
And, every night I pray to God,
That he'll forgive you too.
I'm tired and I'm hungry
I'm lonely and I'm cold,
I'm the unkown soldier,
Who's been bought and sold.
If you would look around you
You would see my face,
That man standing next to you,
Could be here in my place.
I'm the unkown soldier,
The one for who you cried,
I'm the one you can't face,
The one they told you died.
We fought the war together,
At Mu Gia and Pleiku,
Had you been the one we left,
I would have come for you.
I'm the unknown soldier
Who longs to be set free,
When you called, I answered,
Now will you answer me?
I want to lie down beside you,
I want to die in your arms,
I just want you to hold me,
And, help me to hang on.
I'm the unknown soldier
The one you threw away
Some call me POW....
Some call me MIA....
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good luck and thanks for entering my contest... wow...this made me speechless
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This is the best piece I've read in a long time. I am speechless for this, such truth. Best to you in the contest
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Very nice! I would love it if you would write more! Extremely powerful. I felt what this unknown sodier is feeling! POWEREFUL!!
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this had such intensity to it that I was left speechless/typeless for a moment...wow!! great job...I love how you seamlessly tied each stanza together creating this great piece of work here great job!!!
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That brought tears to my eyes! It's very a very powerful write. Never stop.
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This is so powerfully sweet it leaves me almost speechless.
I'm the unknown soldier
The one you threw away
Some call me POW....
Some call me MIA....
You articulated yourself very well all throughout. And this is very remarkable.
I love everything about this.
Thank you so mucy for entering this.
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