The Lost Soldier

Boom…
The sky lit up with unnamed colors, as bombs hailed down to Earth
The threat was real as mass destruction annihilated God’s birth
Hope vanished as the thought of peace was carried out on a stretcher
And our Father cried as Mother Nature cracked under the pressure
All living organisms were burned alive, death surrounded all
And our once thriving advanced society, screeched and then stalled
The sky was black with smoke and hate, the ground was a fiery land
As flames leaped to lick the sky, flickering over the damned
A single body laid untouched, high above the carnaged face
Peering out over the pending extinction, of the human race

He sat upon the baron waste, that once he called his home
A desolate place suiting the devil’s taste, with only rubble and stone
An army vet of thirteen years, with no rivals left to hunt
Nuclear threat was no more, because everything was used up
He stared across the battlefield, where corpses fried in midday heat
The stench was almost too much to bear, rotting life and singed meat
Looked as far as his eyes could see, but saw nothing to regret
His M-16 lay at his feet, lost without an enemy target
Not knowing what he should do next, he walked towards tomorrow
He held his bleeding heart in his hand, covered in blood and sorrow
Searching for any signs of life, or comfort from what was past
Searching for any future that he might salvage and unmask
He stumbled through ghost towns that weren’t there the day before
So new that even the risen ghosts, were left confused and bored
Dust and soot masked the air, and left the sun deeply hidden
Apocalypse had finally come, what God started Man had finished
He cried and yelled up towards the heavens, why did he survive?
Billions of people disintegrated, yet he was left alive
He wished he died and that was that, for now he was truly lost
He had won this persistent war, but was it worth the cost?

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Damn this should not be slept on. The story was amazing lyric. I really liked the imagery alot. & you only added to it with great details. Overall this piece was real good man, good to see you writing again.

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Ben, this is a great story! It captured me for the very beggining, you have wonderful imagry in this, and the emotion just jumps out at you! Your word choice was seemingly perfect for the setting. And the other thing that I noticed about this poem is that it speaks on many different levels, a story, an inspiration, and a question that runs through many peoples minds...... you did a great job writing this poem hunny! And this doesn't deserve to be slept on.... You always seem to amaze me with your poems!

keep droppin....



....bless

~*UnO*~

Thanks hun

ewwww this was nice you had a nice build up at the beginning the story was just nice period,no area had me bored at all i was interested throughout the progress of the piece,the emotion a felt was nice, but was got me was the imagery i mean great imagery you had man the details and expression of the piece was remarkable....thanks for having me peep this piece man nice READ

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I think this piece was great. I loved the description in it, and how I visualized everything on your subject. I liked this piece, great job!

holy! i just joined but this is amazing, so much imagery i could clearly see the scene, and the vocab is amazing, i loved the description, like the ways you used ur metaphores and personafaction, sauch as
"As flames leaped to lick the sky, flickering over the damned"
(that had to b my favourite line)and the story line it is amazing, seriously i really enjoyed reading it, nuthin was boring. adn i know i just joined but every line gave me so much amazement except these lines, nuthing wrong with it just nuthing so like WOW poping up.
He stumbled through ghost towns that weren’t there the day before
So new that even the risen ghosts, were left confused and bored