Short Friendly Fire Poems

A contradiction in terms
A fire far from friendly
It burns, maims or kills soldiers
Who came up with that?


Date written and posted: 10/08/2018...

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  far from feel'n familiar 

             Frozen 
             
            Flouting

             frank's
          firmly fix'd  
             finger
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Was a war battle was lost
Calling all soldiers to walk
There was a war
Everyone was shot
Cease fire now
Everyone was shot
Friendly fire also
Who? are the enemy
Everyone?

11/12/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr©2020....

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non-stop rat-a-tats
moving targets drop like flies  ~
blood-soaked western front

a fierce, friendly fire
soldier retrieves dead comrade  ~
own life hangs by thread...

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biting the bullet

savor the aftertaste

of lead killed

by friendly fire

we learn to listen

to our own voice

peeling an orange

from the inside out

every day our lives

try to start again

if we are afraid

to live our dreams

how are these

not nightmares...

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Freedom fighter Fickle Freddie's
forced to freefall on foe's field.
Freddie flirts with foe's fetching filly.
Fickle fighter falls to "friendly fire."


*Entry for Gwendolen’s Big Kid Tongue Twister”contest

(My friends think I'm crazy, but, yes, they did have some problems with all the "f" words.  LOL)...

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Left behind 
enemy line 
waving a torn 
flag but I’m fine 
dirt on my face 
my boots worn 
bullets passing 
by me with the 
speed of lightning 
rapid friendly fire 
exploded my skull 
dust clears helmet hull
the clouds began to rise
wiping bloody tears 
as I opened my eyes 
my plattoons all gone 
but I made it home...

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My door can't stay shut there's too much in the way...
The Skeletons are many and some need to have their say....
You can cover a scar but the eyes know what's true...
Friendly fire knocked down the good as lost hearts were few...
Life takes a broom and sweeps away the mess...
Where good and bad fight it out with no time for rest...
The gates will open if your heart reads true...
Or the handle will be pulled and down goes you......

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Suicide bombers what gives you the right to take away peoples lives.
Sadam Hussain, Bush and Blair.  U.k and U.S, your all unfair.

Woman, men, children dying.  Bombs, rifles and aircraft flying.
Friendly fire, t.v reporters.  The families waiting for loved ones to return.

How long will it go on? Revenge, power,lies and deceit.  When will it end.
Tell me what will it achieve. Peace and harmony love not war.

We don't need this evil anymore....

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Fearless fire burns outside the friendly line 
Your one love now must take its final bow 
Torching the truth the lie now our headline, 
not stopping for love not even a vow
It runs through a marriage a burning plough 

No skin nor sex can change its evil path 
Too late to find and set off the alarm
Regret and pain the end to its flame wrath, 
its burning light looks tender and so warm 
Touching the flame release a love pain storm 


-Sept 2016-...

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Feather's float
Like recognition 
From friendly fire
Overlooking others accomplished 
Because the spotlight was so all consuming 
It forgot where it was born of
Or what it meant
The dye is spent
Only the seeking 
Decipher the author
The relish is hellish 
No need to further embellish 
What The problem is
Is
Even the righteous fall
Short
Short of the breath needed 
To breath life into the ether 
I post 
Todays thoughts 
To retort 
Tomorrow...

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I took my arm i wore my shield
Got Sown in the unknown field
In the name of peace we stand
Playing a role we do not understand
Anthems of the flock ringing in my ears
They all do not know but have been told
Noise of agony filled my hearing
Scenes of doom tore my being
I see visions of my abandoned home
O son will i ever see you grown?
Pulled back for an instant..
Keep on marching before they get you whining
Brothers in arms were we?!
Friendly fire got me.....

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