balderdash | poetry

SOLDIER

soon, my name will be forgotten
i'll be written off as a burden
but i refuse to perish deep into sand
but i refuse to be less than grand

i'll scream and weep, even if none will hear me
i'll climb and fight, even if none will help me
i'll never extinguish the flame burning inside me
i'll channel the anger swelling deep within me

and until the clock stops ticking
i'll fight and keep on living
forfeit your rights to my whole being
freeing my life is just the beginning

let me go, let me live
let me fly, let me breathe
i'll set foot on land that's far
i'll say, "this is the start of a new war"