War

She loved him
She had loved him since she was 16
He held her heart
And she held his

But when he came home
From fighting for his country
And for his life

He wasn't that 16 year old boy
He wasn't the husband who had left
He wasn't someone she knew

He was so far away
But so close
He was sitting beside her
But he was a 100 miles away

She tried to reach him
She tried to love him again
She tried to get him to come back
She tried to find her husband

But her husband had been so beaten
So hurt
So torn to bits
That he hardly existed anymore

He said she didn't understand
And never could understand
He said he couldn't explain
But he never tried

The man she married
Came home
The man she loved
Was killed in battle

Author's Note

This was inspired by the movie Brothers

Reviews

[Undying Glory]

nice work, the harsh reality of war continues to live on even though one has stepped off the bloodied battlefield. this was very heart-breaking work, and the pain of this one really reaches in deep. very deep.


"She tried to reach him
She tried to love him again
She tried to get him to come back
She tried to find her husband

But her husband had been so beaten
So hurt
So torn to bits
That he hardly existed anymore

He said she didn't understand
And never could understand
He said he couldn't explain
But he never tried"
such painful words. how painful it must be for her that the one she loved is not the same and never will be?
still though, i have to agree with what the man said, except for the "he never tried" part. i know this for a fact: nobody who has ever been in combat is in a position to judge anyone who has been in combat, not even friends or family. the
horrors of a battlefield can mutilate even the toughest ones, be it inside or outside. we would never know for sure until we have been there.
epic work!

[Cynthia]

oh, yeah, wars has torn lots of lovers away from each other, the distance, or the relating of their heart! Such a true nice poem! Also, its so sad!

[Margaret Marie Hubbard]

War is like life in fast forward, for some minds it cannot be processed and warps the heart.

[Priyankaabhilaashi]

Good one.. Seems, there are few mistakes..!!

[OT]

first - great movie!! and second - great poem!! so sad, but you speak the truth, it's a sad affair, but you convey the emotions very well!!

[Dark Empress]

Sad. I know several friends this has happened to. :(

[G. K. Bostic]

So sadly true of so many. Overwhelmingly sad.

[Dream Slave]

Sad reality... but it happens... Nothing else to do but live with it.