katie - New Recruit

tortured souls walk through this place <br />i look at face after face <br />and in each one i see a piece of me <br />their futures we try to foresee <br />and failiures we try to prevent <br />their time in hell not yet spent <br />so we hand them a rifle and uniform <br />they're sparkling boots not yet worn <br />as they stand proud on parade <br />not yet been on their first crusade <br />their families so proud <br />they pledge allegiance to the crown <br />the war torn soldiers pass them by <br />a tear wells up in their eye <br />they see themselves standing there <br />the tender youth so unaware <br />of the torment and troubles they will face <br />outside the walls of the army base<br /><br />katie<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/new-recruit/