<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401475" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Soldier's Ponderings</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here I am defending a place<br>I never heard of before.<br>Enemies lurk everywhere I see<br>In this ever worsening war.<br>Conflict and death from tribal strife<br>Have prevailed for thousands of years.<br>Yet I’m here offering my life<br>To reverse this history of tears.<br>Blood soaks the earth; smoke chokes the air.<br>My mind screams as I see<br>Pieces of bodies strewn everywhere<br>That will always be a part of me.<br>I kill people who live here; <br>They try to annihilate me.<br>I destroy their cities… then cheer.<br>Is this how I set them free? <br>I love my home; it’s a wonderful land.<br>There I’ve felt safe and free.<br>Here I’m afraid and don’t understand<br>What my leaders expect of me.<br>Please explain the reason I’m here.<br>How do I tell enemy from friend? <br>Each day victory seems less near.<br>When will all this madness end? <br>If absent without leave, I’ll be an outlaw<br>Who’ll not deserve to be free.<br>As my comrades expire, a conclusion I draw…<br>My leaders have gone AWOL on me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gregory+Huyette">Gregory Huyette</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=401475" data-title="A Soldier's Ponderings de Gregory Huyette" data-description="Here I am defending a place I never heard of before. Enemies lurk everywhere I see In this ever worsening war. Conflict and death from tribal strife Have prevailed for thousands of years. Yet I’m here offering my life To reverse this history of ..."></div> </div> </div>

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