As sample of my poetry attempts. |
I am the Eternal Soldier I have traveled ancient portals, through times of love and hate, And I have fought on fields of battle, and shared Achilles’ fate. I held the pass at Thermopayle, with Leonidas at my side, And when the Persians won the day, the Gods of Sparta cried. I stood with Alexander, on the shores of distant lands, I have held the lives of many, in my coarse and bloody hands. I marched the roads with Caesar, and by his side I cried, When Brutus thrust his fateful blade, and Caesar’s vision died. When barbarians stormed the gates of Rome, and plundered Caesar’s land, I stood my post on the burning walls, a weapon in my hand. I have traveled ancient portals, through times of fear and more, For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight in every war. I fought with a man of royal birth, King Richard was his name, We held the walls of Jerusalem, and earned eternal fame. I bled with Wallace at Falkirk, and King Henry at Agincourt, For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight forever more. I sailed with Spain's Armada, on the rough and windy seas, In our quest for vengeance, to bring Britain to her knees. I stood with a man called Washington, and without a soldier’s fee, For we fought for a patriotic cause, to make his country free. I have traveled ancient portals, through times of strife and dread, I held the hand of Antoinette, when she lost her pretty head. I stood with Lee at Gettysburg, and with Teddy on San Juan Hill, For I am the eternal soldier, with a calling to fulfill. I fought in America’s western lands, to keep my people free, From the roaring guns and slashing sabers, of the US Calvary. I was with the French at Chateau Thierry, and the Germans at Verdun, And I stood on the beaches of Normandy, and watched the Nazis run. With the Marines on island sands, I stood my ground and bled, And at the Chosin Reservoir, another life was shed. I fought against the Viet Cong, in the Tet of 68, and against the American’s at Khe Sanh, where I met a bloody fate. I have traveled ancient portals, through times of fear and more, For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight in every war. Line Count 36 |