Lionel Derbyshire Poet ABC

Old Soldiers

Old Soldiers
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Old soldiers not born for war at all.
Father's brave and cold
Send into battle
And defend..
Home made men with chili courage
Gallant audacious and courageous
Very valuabe to their children
Never had a chance
To be good cuddle daddy's
They were alone and in fear
And no one near
The enemy bullet pierced them
And they bled and bled
And trembled tremble
Who sent them out there ?
Tremble tremble
Did they care ? 
Quiver and shudder
They left the home 
Leaving wife 'n child 
Waiting their blank return
Their famliy field's are green
And their home is painted within.

Old Soldiers
Camaraderie in the war

Trenched , trampled , bruised in battle
Wounded father soldiers bravely fought
Returned in batches of boxes instead
Their courage..
Their hard fight.
Rewarded only
In memory of medals.

" the last thing Billy 
done for me ...
was to paint the wall ..
and hang our portrait 
above the dinner wall
before he left for war "

Only a cleft is left 
In the lonely heart
Of the soldier's wife ..
And his name coldly
Embossed in marble
6 feet under in a cemetry.

Old soldier's did not
Want a war.

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Ovidiu Bocsa June 4, 2016 at 3:36 AM I also was a soldier, once, by time of peace. My father was a soldier by time of ww II. He was telling me a lot of war stories when I was a child and he was washing my hair. The, when he became old I was washing his hair and re-telling him the same stories as common recollectins. Best regards. Lionel Derbyshire June 4, 2016 at 3:50 AM Thanks for stories those moments are dear. Greetings from another corner ..far away Go well soldier.