I'm sitting in a coffee house, <br />an outcast from my home. <br />I brought pen and paper, <br />and I'll let my mind now roam. <br /> <br />In walk two young men with a …. <br />third man, still young …but older. <br />The third man is dressed in camouflage; <br />he is a U.S. Army soldier. <br />They sit not far from me, where I … <br />can hear much of what they say. <br />The soldier is pitching that, for a bright future, <br />the Army is the Way …. <br />to go. <br /> <br />The words PAY, BENEFITS, and RETIREMENT, <br />and TRAVEL I do hear, <br />but what I don't hear are the words: <br />WAR, KILLING, DEATH, and FEAR. <br />[Well sure not all soldiers got involved directly …. <br />with fighting for a living. <br />And I know, for many people, military service ….. <br />is considered patriotic giving.] <br /> <br />{I think now they're discussing paintball wars, <br />practice for wars more real. <br />Damn it! If God were such a great leader, <br />why couldn't PEACE, not war, ….. <br />be the Daily Deal? } <br /> <br />(June 26,2013)<br /><br />Bri Edwards<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/soldier-recruiting-come-on-god-military-recruiting-true-story-short-enough-mankind/
