Soldier

This is my first delve into the world of poetry, I felt like I wanted to get this off my chest and hopefully it will inspire someone to take a moment to think about all those who have fallen in wars.

Who knows where he's been,

Who knows what he's seen,

Who knows what he's done,

Or how far he has run.

What kind of gun he held,

What kind of men he felled,

What kind of noise they made,

Before they lay there and decayed.

He thought it was all dreamed,

But he knows deep down,

Nothing was as it seemed.

Author's Note

This is my first poem! Hope you like it, any feedback or tips on writing poetry would be amazing! Thanks - Dan

Reviews

[Threads]

A reminder of how the nameless ranks of men have died, only to become numbers in history books. We rarely remember how each and every one of them has had their own lives, their own loves, their own interests. Yet they've all been snuffed out just like the last.
A beautiful poem, and I feel that the lines
"Who knows where he's been,
Who knows what he's seen", compress the idea perfectly. We can not hope to understand all those people, all those lives lost. But we can still try to remember them for what they did.

[Dan Burrows]

Thank you so much for the review! I think its a huge shame that we will never be able to understand the magnitude of how many people lost there lives and how many families were left behind without knowing how it happened or why. :)

[tracey]

a great poem,

[Dan Burrows]

Thank you very much. :)

[Molly K]

This is a great poem, really makes you think and remember the nameless people that were killed, plucked a couple of heart strings

[Dan Burrows]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! :)

[Andrew M Parker]

Is this the very first poem you've ever written? Ever? You've got some nice natural talent dude. *thumbs up* I like it.

[Dan Burrows]

I used to read poems quite often but I guess I just never decided to have a go at writing them myself. Thank you, hopefully more poems ideas for poems will come to me like this one! :)

[Andrew M Parker]

Good luck :)

[J.D. Dench]

I think it's well written and has a lot of depth to it. That being said, I think you could dig even deeper and continue this poem to new limits you didn't even know about if you think about it long enough. But overall great idea!

[Dan Burrows]

Thank you very much! I will admit, I wrote this poem quite quickly in a sudden outburst of creativity. I would have liked to add more to it but at the time I was scared it might get repetitive and drag on for too long, now that you have said this I'll look back and maybe have a go! :)