Love Poem: The Dealth of a Soldier
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Written by: Kelli Shaffer

The Dealth of a Soldier

It's back that feeling of regret, 
that feeling like I wish I could go back, 
Or I wish I could have known then, 
It doesn't make much sense, 
But the 17 days of you in June or July - I'll probably never see you, 
And if I did I'd miss you so much more, 
Knowing I was seeing your form, your face - those eyes, that freckle,
And I would know that you are but a ghost of that man who once rose to the challenge of me, 
The Hero armored wore a Target hat and a Metalica T, 
But the hero you call yourself now was the lesser of the two men, 
I can't even dream of where he had went, 
I wish he was kidnapped and hiding in the dark, 
Instead of being surpased and deminished because now the hope is lost, 
I've lost the only soldier I've ever known, 
I don't know where he is but if this prayer is loud enough to reach him,
If just a sliver of him is left, if this is the last message that you hear - I'm missing my best-friend.