One hundred thousand

This is my take on Plato's Quote "A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men." Love or hate??

Terrible nightmares

Plagued every waking moment.

Shots fired; Bodies rolled.

Souls lost forever in the mold.

Trying to be something your not.

Your among-st many people.

All with a different face,

And the same story.

Its kill or be killed kind of world.

Machine gun to Machine gun.

Seems like no other way out.

Lost hopes and forgotten dreams.

A hero is being born out of this darkness.

A wise man is found among the thousands.

But an accomplished one might not be found.

Even among a hundred thousand men.

With their war paint on they find a reason to fight.

Thinking of a loved one or their fellow brother.

Everyone has a reason to fight; Good or Bad.

Sometimes though you got to pick our battles.

A hero was found,

A wise man was found.

One accomplished man was found.

But we call them U.S. Soldiers.

A hero, a wise man and an accomplished man all rolled into one hundred thousand.

Author's Note

Let me know what you think :)

Reviews

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

"A hero, a wise man and an accomplished man all rolled into one hundred thousand."

neat definition to glorify the soldiers

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

Inspirational write, relevant with the times of today. Nicely done!

[Bryan Micheni]

i really liked it. awesome inspiration. awesome write

[Coyote Poetry]

I have stood with a Division of Soldiers. One goal and one mission to accomplish. Soldiers know no color or religion. Brother's in arms and with one goal. To protect freedom. My fear today we were led by fool's sending Soldiers into places for the wrong reasons. Soldiers are hero's. This is a volunteer Army. A strong poem. I like your thoughts and the very good ending. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[外人 (Gaiji..]

wow, that's the first time i saw you writing about this kind of topic. Here in Italy we don't have much of the "figure" of the soldier so i enjoyed finding out your opinion about it, to figure out how you figure out the idea of the soldier. Cool poem :)

[Thea]

Perfectly fits the soldiers...This was great...Of course I love it! Haha! Well done.
:)))

[Aka_Kitsune]

i agree with Biker Angie, supporting our soldiers is very important, great write :D

[BikerAngie]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing write! Our soldiers are to be revered whether we agree with there battle or not we must support them 100 %

[T. Michele Smock]

its ok