by Alisha Yoder | |
Published on: Mar 11, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=11533 | |
TO THE SOLDIER Did you never feel a DEBT for STOLEN land Did you never heave a sigh at such SORROW Did your march never lose PURPOSE Did another's blood on your HANDS never make you weep Did your eyes grow so NUMB Were you such a HERO Was your finger so STEADY on the trigger 'Did you plug your nose to the STENCH FLOODED by a cloud of arrows WHY were you attacking Did YOU know Did you BELIEVE And then all HOPE was lost And you took your own LIFE Were you a HERO You were so AFRAID of what you did not know Inspired by the Native American massacre at Custer's Last Stand « return. |