by kickit22auburn, Washington, USA
Apr 2011 864 Views 22 comments
unwritten text
can you decipher the unwritten text
on a soldiers face
from the lines the creases make
can you read the text from
the wrinkles he expressed
it cannot be put in words
from a soldiers face
a soldiers day
seeing a grenade
blowing his friends to bits
can you read his face
that words cannot say
being shot in a leg
he defends a country he loves
wrinkles on his face tells a story
about love to his land
you won't see it in a written text
which only a soldiers wrinkles can express
on a soldiers face
from the lines the creases make
can you read the text from
the wrinkles he expressed
it cannot be put in words
from a soldiers face
a soldiers day
seeing a grenade
blowing his friends to bits
can you read his face
that words cannot say
being shot in a leg
he defends a country he loves
wrinkles on his face tells a story
about love to his land
you won't see it in a written text
which only a soldiers wrinkles can express
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Posted: Apr 2011
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a soldier puts his life and well being in front of the country in which he lives it doesn't matter what country this refers to everybody who defends their own country in which they live has an untold story written in the wrinkles on the face.Poems entered on these pages are copyrighted by the authors who entered them. They cannot be reproduced without the author's written consent. © Copyright 2001-2024. All rights reserved.
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Comments (22)
Thank you so kindly.
I know so many storys that go untold and many man who been in that situation don't talk about that time in their lives. but it is well shown in the crases that the experience has done to them. a
thank you so much for your comment. you raise good points. only the individual knows.
kickit..
This one made me think. Thanks for opening my eyes a little more. Very well said.
by the way love that name.
Kickit.
You are so right...
Also, when the story is told...who listens?
I am sure you do.
thank you. for reading. so many untold stories that will never be told. even hollywood tries to portray it but even the vets say they can't get it right.
thank you
it's not about who will listen.
these soldiers had such a dramatic experience that what they witness alot of them never talk about it. I know for my uncle it took him 40years to talk about what happened when he fought in the vietnam war. and alot of them their minds are so messed up with post tramatic syndrome that go mentally crazy and they are never the same after an experience like that. so one way to know is to read the lines in the face wich i believe says alot.
I understand and appreciate your point. Fighting a war must be a horrifying trauma (From Greek t???µa = "a wound",) known only by those who were there. Thank you for pointing at the wrinkles.
I have been pondering all afternoon what to say about your words, and I can't find anything except emotion. It's just too moving!
Your Welcome and Thank You.
We can only imagine what those folks have gone through and that just wouldn't even come close to the reality. kickit.
Thank You!!
That is the highest compliment a writter can receive when he/she leaves their reader speachless.
Thank You my friend. even words can't express the horrors of war. kickit..
your so right. thank you.
You are Welcome Soldier and to the many soldiers that are overseas.
When I read your comment I had to take a step back and pause for a minute.
that is such a heart felt words you posted.
Thank You for that post. and Thank You for your service and too every soldier that has defended this great counry of ours. the price to defend and fight on an individuals soul is greater then any one of us could imagine that has not seen a battle field.
Kickit.