Soldier Divorce Poems

Yaldabaoth, the lion, ripped open Adam’s side 
Divine life busted out of his bleeding hole 
The mother of life flowed out and became his guide...

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Oh I have lost my goddess,
My beautiful Venus.
And I am feeling worthless;
Without my dear Venus.

I went to sleep one night,
To wake the following day.
At morn...

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Someday

When I grow up, 
I want to be... like my father. 
He serves in the military, 
and helps other people 
around the world. 
He fights...

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6 Dec 2021 8:05 AM

We met in December 1990 it was a warm Arizona day
I smiled at you and your eyes shyed away

You did your...

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Waving a patriotic pennant is such the image 
Peaceful as a dove in war dirty as a pigeon
If Old Glory touches the ground 
Excommunicate the...

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No Mark
by Michael R. Burch

A wave implodes, 
impaled upon
impassive rocks...

this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...

you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds...

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Real Men

Bigger than life, 
the man I married, 
is/was everything and more, 
I thought before, 
I said I do. 

He took care of his family,...

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Numbers

Life is measured. 
How much can you do?
Whimsical ideas, 
dashed to the rocks...
in favor of older methods, sure of return.

Courage beyond position, 
ambition to prove...

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What Party Are You?

Huh?
Does it matter?
Who I voted for? 
I am alive, 
so it was legal. 
I have not been dead, 
for thirty years. 
Surely...

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Christmas Princess

I picked you up early, 
we went to your friends. 
I watched as they all…
watched you. 
You laugh lightly, 
and bring joy in your...

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Dreams of the Nutcracker

When I am older, 
I will sweep you off your feet. 
I will take you from here, 
2 a land far away....

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No Joke

Highway 99, 
goes no where… 
I tell you. 
I have been there 
and back. 

You have to go, 
but you can not find it....

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My Umbrella

It was the reason
for everything,
needed, 
that had any value. 

It started with rain, 
on a Sunday morning. 
It moved to the car,
that would not...

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The Song of Silent Rage

The car was not empty. 
There were women, 
there were children,… small children.
None, could hurt anyone…as they were soft and tore...

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Soldier

March off to war, 
protect the ones you love…
and even the ones you do not…
At what cost?

Sweet memories you will not have, 
of all the...

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