Toy Soldiers

Here the wooden soldiers were to stand

They waited for their command

Although they were not real 

They spoke and thought as if they could feel

I wonder where our general is I wonder where he’s gone

We need a leader who is brave powerful and strong

Without him we are just wooden and must stand still

No general to call us and have us do his will

Their eyes began to brighten as in walked their leader

Though something was wrong with him they wondered why

Why does our leader fall to the ground and cry

The young boy stood and walked to his army which he could command

The one place he felt safe where no one would lift their hands

To his soldiers he started to say

Help me destroy him take him away

My Wooden soldiers you will protect your general until he mends

To battle we will go and fight until the end

The soldiers knew what was wrong with their leader now

The pain that was inflicted on him revenge they vowed

We will not let you down our general we will comply

All of us will protect you and we understand why

That scary monster that hurts you him we do not fear

We know he has been attacking you throughout the years

He lined up his soldiers and prepared for the final fight

The monster that haunts you will perish tonight

The soldiers were prepared and set-up by their rank

Suddenly in walked the monster and to his knees he sank

The soldiers saw as the monster came inside

To their surprise he had their leader’s eyes

Away went their general with fear and tears

The monster that hurt him was finally here

No more screams were heard as the boy was taken away 

In a dark room quiet the wooden soldiers lay

A child’s imagination was broken that night

All because he was too young to fight

Had his neighbors spoken when they heard his cries

That innocent young boy might still be alive

by Anexis/Angel Blood Money Poets
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Denis Avatar
November 19, 2010 at 3:18 PM
Thanks everyone for checking out my poem. I hope to be able to post more poems in the future.
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November 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Cool story. Welcome to the soup. I hope to read more from you.
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November 18, 2010 at 6:06 PM
welcome to the soup my freind nice write here thank you for sharing
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November 18, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Welcome to poetry soup, you have the vision and the language, thanks for this good poem.
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November 18, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup.. so enjoyed reading your creative write tonight .. hope your time on Soup will be special and fun.. any help needed just ask any one.. check out the contest page offered to members.. good luck with luv..
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November 18, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Well look who's on P.S.! Welcome Anexis!!! =) Awesome damn poem here!
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