WOUNDED SOLDIERS

A poem about wounded soldiers coming home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAME SOLDIERS

Ragged, broken and torn

 

They arrive with colorful Uniforms worn

Medals shine but forever

We’ll mourn

 

They aren’t the same as they

Were when they were born

 

Limbs, body and brains bore

More than one could bear

For no more than war

 

Disfigured and mauled

Their life will never again be a ball

Forever they’ll crawl

For the deployment of legions

For those that gather

In the Nation’s mall

 

Forever those broken

Soldiers will be our heroes

For they truly gave us all

Author's Note

Some of our soldiers are coming back wounded. They struggle to gain their lives back when they come back wounded and permanently disabled. I was so moved with their story.

Reviews

[Dinesh Sairam]

That's very great of you to write this. I myself am trying to write one for the Soilders, but still trying. The only off-lines I found were "Disfigured and mauled, Their life will never again be a ball, Forever they’ll crawl". Seemed more like Rap lyrics. You'll do me kind if you only edit those lines, and change the rhymes perhaps. But anyways, I'm giving a 100. Keep writing.

Home they brought her warrior dead:
  She nor swooned, nor uttered cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
  'She must weep or she will die.'

Then they praised him, soft and low,
  Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
  Yet she neither spoke nor moved.

Stole a maiden from her place,
  Lightly to the warrior stept,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
  Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
  Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
  'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'

~ Alfred Tennyson.

[anne p. murray- LadeeAn..]

Very well written with an understanding of loss and grief for all our men and women who so valiantly go to war. I wrote my 1st war poem yesterday called "Blood In The Ground"

[JanieB]

Very nicely written. Sad, but true.

[Wicahpi]

What I hope never happens to my son, but thankful & proud of his service
and for all of those who dedicate their life to the service of our country.
God Bless them all!! Lovely write & that photo brought a tear to my eye.

[Patches I'm not so new..]

this is moving and oh so true! many return mamed for life someting it isn't physical

[GTVile]

Bravo. The Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen appreciate it. So many people have stickers and magnets and fun little trinkets, but few are actually willing to give a broken Soldier a job, or to donate clothes and food to widowed families. Sometimes its the Soldiers that need to do the thanking and the hand-shaking for those who REALLY support them. So thanks.

[Marion Finnerty]

They fight for what they believe in and come back bearing the marks of their fight either physically, mentally or emotionally. This is a great commendation to what they do.

[al25]

I like the poem. Dont realy agree with it because a lot of the times the soldiers are fighting for unjust causes. So in the end it seems like they are puppets in the hands of crazy leaders.

[Warren L.G De Mills]

this is such a wonderful topic to write about, its so cool that some1 notices this . Many times when they get back their lives are never the same and have 2 live off of army compensation for the rest of their lives cuz they often cant find jobs when they are wounded. I enjoyed it alot . my only complaint is the verse with ball mall and crawl...that verse kinda feels a bit amateurish compared to the rest and by ur standards .

[No use.]

Solid and true poem just like the courage of our soliders! -- great piece

[sarah]

Wow this is really powerful! I love this