Poetry / To every soldier
She stands alone in silence
As the tears fall down her face
With the crowds of people at her side
They sing Amazing Grace
She shutters as they walk right by
Her hands clenched at her side
Why did they send him into war
Her only son had died
She watches as they fold his flag
And set it on the lid
She wishes only one more thing
To save the work he did
While people trembled next to her
All she could to was hope
That another sunny day would come
And that would help her cope
If this is where the world has gone
To take her only love
Then she would have to stand for peace
When push would come to shove
One more deep breath she told herself
And all this would be done
But her fate was right in front of her
Somehow she felt the others won
There’s nothing left to do but know
That she could live for him
A soldier who for anyone
Would go out on a limb
So she lifts her head and stands up proud
To honor what he earned
Because she knew her only son
Had taught her what she’d learned
To stand up straight and never fall
To be proud of her ways
And to know that in the end
There will forever be some brighter days
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This is a beautiful poem, I really enjoyed how you structured it as well. I know that grammar and punctuation are not the most important parts of a poem but they do help the reader so, there is one misspelled word; shutters should be shudders. In the fourth verse, second line “All she could to was hope”, shouldn’t ‘to’ be ‘do’? Otherwise a very meaningful piece, do you mind me asking what your inspiration was?
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I have to be honest with you… I almost cried when I read this. It’s so moving the picture you’ve painted of this mother who has lost her son. There isn’t a thing I would change. Job well done.
No doubt this is a very nicely written poem and I see all the passion that was put into the piece. The imagery puts you almost into the crowd!! But if this is Cindy Sheehan, I’ll have to kick your ass. haha!!
You made me proud to be american, you made me feel for the mothers who’s sons go to war. I like the flow at the start but then got a little lost in the middle but I felt you picked it back up by the end. Good job on new topic choice its the first I read about this on urbis.
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