Hes prepared and ready to die
just like a soldier on his last night
this boy isnt scared
hes happy hes going
hes learned his lesson
the wind is blowing
its quiet and hes all alone
this is the perfect time
nobodys home
its the perfect time to let go
and when his family returns
they wont know what to do
when they look at his skin and on his arms and his legs
they'll see burns and cuts
that show pain he went thru
he pulls out a box that lay under his bed
theres a gun inside and a note that read
"this is my good bye nothing you could have done to stop me, i love you and good night"
he held the run in his right hand
and layed the note upon his bed
he stood tall as he took his last breath
he stood tall and prepared like a soldier going into war
there was a bang then nothing but silence
when his family returned
there was screaming and crying
why did he do it? alot of you ask
thats stupid and selfish
lifes just hard and thats a fact
but if you were him are you sure
you would have done differantly
are you sure you would want to be alive
everyone pushing and starting fights
calling names and laughing
would you want to live?
if everyday you woke up knowing today was another day of hell
and nothing would ever change
would you get out of bed if you knew you were going to be teased again
of corse this seems like not a big deal
and sucha dumb reason to die
but this has happend forever
its happend her whole life
so now people pretend to care
people who laughed and people who teased
people who pushed him down to his knees
its to late now
to late to say sorry
even to late to say bye
this proud soldier is gone
this proud soldier already died!
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Written May 14th, 2004
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WHOA. really great poem. i've been teased forever too but the next person that tells you off, tell them to go have a coke and a smile. (please don't ask ). gerat poem.
courtney -
the soldier reference was a good idea, if a little cliche. however, things really just go downhill from there, i'm afraid. i could spend forever pointing out your spelling and grammatical errors, m'dear. i also think perhaps you dragged it out a little too long, and the formality of the language flew up and down the scale far too much, causing a choppy, draft-like piece. no offence intended, of course. i like the idea. but you really do need to work on quite a few things. i suggest rewriting this, with some serious editing involved. maybe even cut out the part about his family returning, and the explanations. or, if you really must have those, i would suggest dividing it up into stanzas to provide formatting, or even turning this into two poems, one for the act and the other for the explanation. this one as it is does not sit well with the poetic palate.
Rock On!
~Tal~
Edited on May 15, 2:28 because ''.
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