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A Soldier's War
The echoing sound of the alarms welcomes the morning
accompanied by the voices of the men,
yelling and crying, becoming victims of reality
nothing changes, all becomes monotony
nothing changes, all quiet in the front lines.
Once enlisting seemed like a honor
but now it has become a horror,
For a lot of time our teachers told us to enlist
they say there is nothing greater than fighting for the nation,
we were called the “Iron Youth”
which a nation would emerge upon.
But at the end of day, these were plain words
with no meaning behind,
because it is easy for them to talk in these wars
when they don’t know about pain,
when they don’t have to worry about living another day,
when they don’t know about leaving our hearts behind
for those who with all their prayers and hopes are waiting for us,
when they don’t know how at the eyes of those in charge
we are simple soldiers who can be replaced at any moment.
Just give them a dead soldier’s uniform
How would they know that it was torn up from my dead body?
I am too far in a battlefield
for someone to hear the words from a cold body.
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