Ignorance

It's about Vietnam[really sad]and how the men were treated like crap when they got back.

Soldier boy is shooting his gun like mad,

his hat is slipping to the ground,

the world is spinning much too fast,

this is the death bed--where he's found,

 

the dead are left for nothing much,

sick and bloody--this is war,

soldier boy won't give up life,

this is their life--blood and gore,

 

Vietnam--it's nothing good,

no one cares for soldier boy,

ignorance--that's all they were,

humanity is to destroy,

 

flashbacks, syndrome, where's the hope,

poor with no legs, no life to cope,

heart is beating, where is faith,

cut off finger--that's the eighth,

 

do people care for soldier boy,

he turns to man but needs to plead,

don't look back, he has no arm,

forevermore, his heart will bleed,

 

what happened to the honour, great,

what happened to humanity,

have people gone against their men,

what happened is insanity,

 

Treat your men with much respect,

but when they died in every bomb,

soldiers died with none to hope,

yes, back when it was Vietnam.

 

 

Author's Note

jdfewkf

Reviews

[alienkid]

this poem is fairly sad and somewhat true. the way you mention soldier boy reminds me of the rap song, and that somewhat riuns the message that i think you are tryign to get across. i do however, like your unique style of writing with some lines rhyming, and others in free verse. i, as do many others, are guilty of writing in a strict rhymed structure, with little diversity, and that (although sounding cool) can become monotonous. your writing is more sponteneous, rather than expected.
keep up the good work

[alternative_be]

You are so right about Vietnam! I always wonder why people never stop to think before they pass their judgement. Most soldiers that were sent to Vietnam had no choice, they got drafted. In case they went on a voluntary basis, this basis may not have been as voluntary as we think: I'm convinced many signed up with the army to escape poverty or living of social security. Yet others may have done so out of loyalty to their peers or family: their father served the military, their grandfather did and so did his father... In many such cases, it is difficult to let your family down.
People still passing their judgement on Vietnam veterans now, clearly never have thought about the story behind the person. You have! I hope many readers here will stop and think before passing judgements.

Besides there are many more Vietnams than you might think.
My country has got it's (Belgian) Congo and what to think about the Gulf War and Iraq?