Nick Armbrister Jimmy Boom Semtex Poet Free verse

One Regret

I wanted to fly and be a fighter pilot

From my youngest age

Shooting enemy Soviet planes down

Before they could nuke us

The sky called to me

A lofty cavern of air and clouds

But my dream was just a dream

For when I was 14 my eyesight went bad

I couldn't see the blackboard

And had to copy my mates work

I had an eye test and it was true

My eyesight had got worse

I was short sighted and had to wear glasses

They said my eyes would be fine in 6 months

It was the biggest lie I was told till then

My eyes got worse each year

So there was no chance of being a pilot

Added to average grades

And my discipline issue

I never joined the Royal Air Force

Even though I was a cadet for years

And visited active Air Force bases

And spent the day as an armourer

Putting bombs on a Tornado bomber

If only I'd have joined up

And been an armourer

My only life regret

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