<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=479850" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Love Letter to a Soldier</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Blind men go to battle<br>Like blind mice running towards water, <br>Fighting for a cause.<br>What cause? <br>You're only told parts of the whole story.<br>The rest is shrouded in mystery.<br>It will cover you, <br>Like a gauzy funeral cloth, <br>You will be bound in<br>By your beliefs, <br>Based on your limited experience.<br>After all, <br>You never knew what was the reality of your enemy. <br>While waiting for bullets to tear into you, <br>A bomb to blow you to bits, <br>Did you ever wonder, <br>Soldier, <br>If war is worth your cause? <br>And, <br>What of the blood now staining your hands<br>It will never wash out in your nightmares.<br>And, <br>What of the faces of the children, the babies<br>Those that never get mentioned? <br>Those that become faceless under the umbrella of <br>'Casualties'? <br>Friendly fire, <br>Does not burn me with love and kisses.<br>It does not leave me composed with inner satisfaction.<br>Soldier, <br>Don't you long for peace? <br>Do you escape in your sleep, <br>To pleasant memories? <br>Your childhood? <br>Your family? <br>Coffins line the bases waiting to go home.<br>A flag<br>A Purple Heart.<br>It would become purple after the blood had<br>Stopped flowing to it.<br>So would lips that speak no more..<br>Why does the blood of the young <br>Quench Lusty Thirsts? <br>Man is an animal.<br>Made more so by greed, <br>A fierce creature whose talion have a far reaching grasp<br>Made more powerful by metal, gunpowder, and steel.<br>Soldier, <br>As night approaches what do you think of? <br>As blood flows like wine to goblets<br>Have you made some sense? <br>Are you able to find peace?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rabia+Minhas">Rabia Minhas</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=479850" data-title="Love Letter to a Soldier de Rabia Minhas" data-description="Blind men go to battle Like blind mice running towards water, Fighting for a cause. What cause? You're only told parts of the whole story. The rest is shrouded in mystery. It will cover you, Like a gauzy funeral cloth, You will be bound in By ..."></div> </div> </div>

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