A hundred sorrows.. of a broken soldier

Strong

Tough

As confident as can be

That's how my life used to be



Hard barrier

Like a sheild

Against all things said to me

Realizing that all this is about me



One person

A thousand words

A million minds

..A hundred sorrows... of a broken soldier

Author's Notes/Comments: 

written summer 2001

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Joanna Bull's picture

Wow! I know this feeling...good poem. YOu really convey what you're trying to say in this one.

Dawn Newell's picture

Oh, and "shield" is misspelled.

Try not capitalizing the first word of each line -- it's unnecessary and a throw-back to Victorian poetry. It greatly improves readability and fluidity of your verse to use capitalization only where you would in prose.

Give it a whirl?

Dawn Newell's picture

This was featured on the PostPoems homepage; I had a look.

It's quite good; economy of words heightens emotional impact.