WAR SOLDIER

• Jessica Agostino, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2008

AS A SOLDIER I STAND TALL
TO FACE MY CAUSE FOR MY COUNTRY
TO FIGHT FOR VICTORY.

ARMED WITH MY RIFLE AND GUN
I STAND FORTH AT THE TRENCHES TO CHARGE
FLIES SURROUNDING THE DEAD BODIES AS I LOOK AROUND.

I KNOW THAT GOD IS ON MY SIDE
TO GIVE ME STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO CARRY ON.
BLESS THOSE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED.

THE WIND IS FIERCE,THE SUN IS HOT AND THE RAIN POURS DOWN
MOTHER NATURE IS NOT ALWAYS KIND
MY DREAMS TO SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN KEEPS ME
GOING.

THE DAY THAT WE CEASE FIRE MY HEART WILL BEAT STRONGER
MY FLAG WILL WAVE FASTER
MY NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE SUNG LOUDER.