Gun turns into God
There is something terribly wrong
When a soldier's gun turns into God
For a gun is an instrument
To determine a man/woman/child's life or death
There is something terribly wrong
When a soldier's gun delivers judgement
Judgment is for God, God only
I thought burying the dead was for a ditch digger
Little did I know I'd have to one day pull the trigger...
By: ©William J Dorsey Jr. (Copyright) October 24, 2013
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Submitted by matiasp.29602 on March 10, 2014
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AxbxAbxcc c |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 1 |
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