People tell me that
I can be distant
On the Day of Remembrance
I am distant because
I try to think
Of what it was like
To be a soldier of war.
Being a soldier of war
Was being a man back then
Fighting for your country
But…
When you felt
the sting of remorse
after killing an innocent man
whom you didn’t even know
you might have doubted
your cause.
People tell me that
I can be distant
On the Day of Remembrance
I am distant because
I try to think
Of what it was like
To be a soldier of war.
I wrote this when I was 13 about 10 minutes before it was due and somehow it managed to win two poetry contests.
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