Soldier by Star Dodson
Star Dodson
Soldier
Training intensely
Minding willfully
Trusting completely
Planning fearfully
Rising forcefully
Walking quietly
Sweating profusely
Watching cautiously
Beating rapidly
Praying sincerely
Aiming precisely
Standing steadfastly
Weighing instantly
Shooting orderly
Killing suddenly
Grieving instantly
War
Waters of Me by KC Cargill
KC Cargill
Waters of Me
I will wait for the water, to wash me away
Take me adrift and send me out to sea
Across the oceans I will sail, but my horizons will stay the same
Aimless salty drifting
Divided by an abyss that’s as empty as my eyes
Anchored by an immoveable object as heavy as my heart
This is me, a crewless ship with a broken sail
Still afloat but no one knows how
So bring the rain, and bring the thunder
This ship no longer fears drowning in that which holds it up
It no longer clings so dearly to life, thus death avoids it
Sinking its only wish, the water its only friend
Blind in a world of pictures, there was nothing to see
But I see now, I see now….