One Percent
ONE PERCENT
Only one percent took the call
And said I’ll give my all
As the thunder sounded and shots rang out
Nobody knows their pain as they stood another bout
Years went by young soldiers grew old
There was nothing left for them untold
Death was no longer in their future
Their wounds had far too many sutures
To know true freedom they had seen
It was the ability to take a life so quick and clean
Images haunt their nights far from peace
Praying for solace wishing dreams would cease
The battle rages on night after night
Standing their ground back to the fight
Where’s that boy that grew to be a man
Again he’s off to fight in foreign land
His families lost, his soul is gone
Yet he goes to right the wrong
To know life is to know death
Please burry me at the deepest depth
There in that hole will lay the tortures
My soul free to soar above the cultures
Looking down on a world of peace
Maybe here I’ll find release
About this poem
Soldiers lost because of war
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Written on December 15, 2014
Submitted by imhunting on December 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BB CC XD EE FF GG XX XX XX DD FF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 941 |
Words | 191 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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