The Innocence of Life
Young soldier, therein the wild glint, within your
eye, what visions do you see?
As you chase vivid dreams, to the land that extends,
beyond the boundless sea.
Through the dark of night, past tangled thoughts,
perchance to find, a fallen star,
The universe, within your hand, superhuman powers
endowered, how bizarre.
The strength to stride amidst the gods, and thrust
frightful thunderbolts at will,
The ability to cheat deaths impervious breath, and
your wildest dreams fulfilled.
To sow the seeds of myth, founding legends, bravely
facing deaths dark divide,
To swim the salty oceans wild, and leap great mountain
ranges, in your stride.
To scour the earth, in search of heroic deeds, and
solve Icarus’s mystery of flight,
To face the foe, with sword and shield in hand, to
bravely fight, the ‘good’ fight.
Alas young soldier, your ego wears thin, your reckless
imagination has passed,
Within youths’ insufferable vanity, now facing the
truth, the horizon is overcast.
The immortality you seek, is out of reach, your
futures bleak, you have dug a hole,
Your guardian angel comes, a riding fast, to wrap her
wings, around your soul.
You are off to join your dreams, from your mother,
unripe bud, plucked too soon,
With your frivolous thoughts, life has fallen short
of becoming a beautiful bloom.
Written By: Alan.Clark@WW1POET (May
2023)
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