If They Were Alive

So make me scream your name.

Show me how to feel like I’m in vain.

Take back your pain.

I don’t need it..

No names please.

All she says to me.

She has to much pain.

She doesn’t need it.

The touch and kiss of war.

That’s not mine anymore.

My mind is over.

I feel for the soldiers.

I met a soldier in a bar.

Few weeks ago.

Then I sat down.

He told me tales of horror and fear.

Everlasting fear.

You should have heard him

What’s really true of that story.

Eternal truth doesn‘t exist so does it even matter?

Reality screams him in the face everyday.

Etheridge was his name.

Another broken soul made in a war

Living in the horrible aftermaths in his head.

I will not be able to understand him

Veterans of war, sleep in peace.

Eternal rest is what you deserve.

You should have seen the look on my face.

I started crying when he told of the restless nights in Iraq

He was scared.

He didn’t need that horror

I sat down with Etheridge for a while.

Told him that the next round was on me.

I gave him a smoke too.

Just for friendly things.

A Fallen Hero - If They Were Alive.

Written : 20/01/2011

Dedication : Jonathan Etheridge.

Author's Note

To Jonathan Etheridge.
I hope your tour to Iraq will be better this time.
Please come visit next time you're home.
Sorta miss ya.

Fallen


Honest opinion

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

It is cool you listen to your friend. Sometime talking about bad things make them seem less a burden. Few Soldiers talk of the war. War is in minutes.The hard part is trying to figure out the reasons and purpose for being in the bad situations. A very good poem. I hope your friend is doing OK.
Coyote

[Drako]

now this i like, this tribute to your friend who sees horrors we probably can't imagine over there. this is a very sweet poem to me

[E.H. Monroe]

This was your best turn yet.
The switched gears as perspectives and the horror that is stained in the shell shock is a living dream for epople who have been there.
This is the piece that defines a poet.

Nice work

[Brook Hughes]

Great poem the first part made me cry. Keep Writing!

[A Risen Heroine.]

Great job Fallen!
Kep up the good work and thanks for sharing!
~A Fallen Heroine~