AMERICAN SOLDIER

A Poem by EMMIE

HER ARMS FEEL HEAVY
AND HER FOREHEAD IS SWEATY
'CAUSE THE DEAD BODIES ARE TOO MANY TO CARRY
BUT HER SOLDIER BROTHERS MUST BE BERRIED
AND HER ENEMY IS CLOSE
SO HER GUN IS READY
THERE IS BLOOD ON THE TRIGGER ALREADY
THESE DEVILS ARE ONE TOO MANY
BUT SHE IS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
IN THE DESERT SHE FIGHTS
NEXT TO FELLOW SOLDIERS WHO SURVIVED
AND SHE IS HOME SICK
BUT SHE WON'T QUIT
SHE IS READY TO DIE FOR THIS COUNTRY
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
AND NOTHING CAN HOLD HER
BACK FROM STEPPING UP TO THE ENEMY'S FRONT
WITH HER HEAD HELD HIGH
AK47 BY HER SIDE
AND HER AMERICAN PRIDE
SHE SENDS THOSE BULLETS FLYING
RIGHT THROUGH THEIR HEARTS
SHE SEES VICTORY UP AHEAD
SHE'S GOT ICE IN HER VEINS
WAR ON HER MIND
BUT PEACE IN HER HEART
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
IN THE DESERT SHE FIGHTS
NEXT TO HER BROTHERS
AND THOSE SOLDIERS WHO DIED
NOW LOOK TO THE SKY
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE

© 2011 EMMIE

Author's Note

I HAVE RESPECT FOR ALL SOLDIERS. HOWEVER I HAVE TO GIVE SO MUCH PROPS TO MY BRAVE WOMEN OUT THERE FIGHTING SO FEARLESS AND STRONG! AND IF THIS POEM IS ABOUT YOU, I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

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MmeCorpse

Very good. And yeah, it's a bit tougher on some women because really, we may say we can do whatever a man can do but war can hit a woman harder than a man just from the sheer stress of it, mentally, physically and emotionally. Nice poem, and wonderful words...