Reality Check

Bibbeck

Bombs explode....

Debris flies everywhere

A tremendous noise

Smoke fills the air.

Soldiers and horses alike

Fall wounded and shaken

Young men lie dying and

Their dreams are broken

Of going home as a hero.

Fights in the school playground

They now remember

The cuts and bruises they had

Are nothing compared to this.

Give a man a gun....

A uniform....

And he is a soldier.

Take them away....

And he is a man again.

The trenches are deep

The fields and fights are long

The distance between the two sides

Are closer in their minds.

  • Author: Bibbeck (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 19th, 2017 13:54
  • Comment from author about the poem: Reflection prompted following the Hyde Park/ Regents Park bombings (1982).
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 47
  • User favorite of this poem: Naeners.
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Comments3

  • Naeners

    I really enjoyed this. It flows so smoothly and the power of it gets across quite well. Good work.

    • Bibbeck

      Thank-you! I'd never actually thought that this was one of my best, so I'm chuffed.

    • Goldfinch60

      Good write but even if you take away the gun the memories still haunt you.

    • Ternic73

      Nicely done!!



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