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Missing In Action

Trapped in this heat Trapped in this leaf They've all gone now No one but me Left for dead In the wild jungle stream The further I go The jungle takes me The longer I stay The jungle sees me Days turn into months Skulls of beasts that I eat Become my friends with no voice My comrades and me The sounds of the wild Rush through my mind I'm not a man anymore I'm accustomed to true nature of mankind I sing songs to the trees I dance in the down pouring rain In the cold of the night I listen to the crackle of flame The years past now have gone Years under stars and the sun As the soldiers come through I watch from shadow who's who Unaware that I'm here Unaware that I see I'm not a soldier anymore I'm a being of the trees

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 12/3/2016 5:09:00 PM
Wow! Very powerful poem. Excellent.
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A Yorkshire Poet
Date: 12/11/2016 4:48:00 PM
Hi Heidi, Thanks very much. Glad you liked it. Cheers, Tiro

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