A Toy Soldier (In A World Of Paper Towns)

I was once a toy soldier

in a world of paper towns.

Made of wax, I didn’t quite fit in.

That didn’t stop me from goin’ round

to look at all the paper people.

Their smiles were made thin,

and their eyes were torn apart.

Slits were cut into them,

I wondered if it was the same

for all their paper hearts.

I then felt my heavy chest,

and knew it was for the best

that I wasn’t made the same,

though soon enough it began to rain.

And this is what made us alike.

How fragile they were, our lives,

as we all began to melt away.

I knew then that we’d all fade

into what was once yesterday.

And it made me realize something.

In life, we may have not been the same,

but that would all soon change,

the day when we melt away.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Honest and true thoughts in your poem.
"How fragile they were, our lives,
as we all began to melt away.
I knew then that we’d all fade
into what was once yesterday."
The above lines. Realistic thoughts and places we all shall find. Thank you Brian for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[wordman]

makes you think how fragile life is and what we`re all about

[horizon]

It is really a thought generating poetry and also even motivating for,first that how so ever we are,well always be unique...and secondly we must not have any feeling of superiority vcs we gonna go from this world the same way everyone goes and that is the TRUTH no one can change it...good thought