Damaged Forever.

by Courageous Dreamer   Dec 14, 2009


*Based off the movie "Brothers" which truly shows the effects of war & how absolutely devastating it is & the impact it has on the mind of a soldier who has survived war.

Fighting with everything inside
for your country, freedom,
yet brutally tortured, beaten,
surrounded with anger as they
scream 'get out of my country-
you don't belong here'

Temptation teases your lips,
yet they remain sealed,
no information can be leaked.
Shoved beneath the ground,
you remain silent in devastation.
Try to escape... but you fail.

A steel pipe is handed to you,
'kill him', instructed to kill a friend.
Shaking, your life on the line...
the words echo in your head.
You drop the pipe purposely.

'Pick it up, kill him, do it' they insist.
Trembling fingertips grasp the pipe,
your friend helpless on the ground.
Pleading eyes stare blank,
constant yelling boils frustration
in your veins, a gun now at your temple.

Forced, you beat your friend,
screaming with each brutal hit taken.
Your friend dies, and soon you are rescued.
An innocent life is taken leaving you..
damaged forever.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Lu

    OMG Temps I haven't seen this movie yet but I know when I do it will bring me to tears.

    Your words gave me chills as I fought so very hard to hold back the tears.
    So very heart touching this write is.
    And though I have not seen the movie yet, your words have made me really want to see it.

    Makes the reader really think what they would do if faced with this situation. How they would feel afterward with these torturing thoughts living in their mind.
    I know it really made me think!

    An innocent life is taken leaving you..
    damaged forever.
    ^^^
    Your ending line is a heart stopper!
    And the entire piece took my breath away.

    Temps I would love to see a part 2 of this poem as an Interior monologue poem. Where you adopt the persona of the soldier. I know you would pen a wonderful piece.

    Very touching read Temps!
    Wish I had more votes left because it would certainly have my vote.Not just for its literary value but also for the feeling it leaves the reader long after the read.
    I'm still thinking about it, that is how much of a deep impact it had on me.

  • 14 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    This truly portrays the horror and brutalness of war and the effects of it on a soldier. A striking write with a message about war and how we should support our troops, after all they go through. God bless you!

    ~MaryAnne

    Merry Christmas!

  • 14 years ago

    by Lady Nik

    Very different from yuor normal pieces and I liked it. Very intense and so real. I think you did an excellent job with this. I haven't seen this movie yet but I have a pretty good idea of it now. Great work hun. Nik

  • 14 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    An excellent review of war, and the fall out of it. I am against war, totally and completely. But support our soldiers and grieve for all they go through. Well done girl

  • 14 years ago

    by Sylvia

    I did not see the movie but your words have a powerful message in them. War is awful and the aftermath even worse. Well done

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