Poetry Break – “Let Me Tell You How I Died” – Part I Finale – An Old Soldier

Hello everyone!  As promised, here is the final segment of Part I of my Poem epic – the conclusion to the WWII part of the series (which is brought to you with some mild confusion on the new block editor … so apologies if it doesn’t look the same!) I hope you have enjoyed this first part!  Next year, the epic will return with Part II which covers the First World War.  I will look forward to seeing you then.    

LET ME TELL YOU HOW I DIED

PART I – SEGMENT 7 

An Old Soldier

Alone in a hospital room, with no one around

Just hurried doctors, making their rounds

I can’t eat, or walk, or even breathe on my own

I’m hooked up to machines, they beep and drone

 

But I can tell you that’s not how it used to be

There was a time long ago, if only you could see

I once charged a battlefield, without any thanks

I fought off guns, artillery, and tanks

 

I stormed across France and liberated towns

I beat up the Nazis, tore their swastikas down

I was shot at, wounded, and exposed to the cold

But I took it all in stride, a young man so bold

 

Then came the real battle, as the years went by

The war with time, my how does it fly

In the world’s biggest war, I paid my due

But that’s just a memory, evaporated like spring dew

 

My hair turned white, eyes faded, the leaves brown

I’m old and feeble, and all worn down

So they unhooked the machine, and away I go

To the place on the timeline where I was a hero

For an Intro and Segment 1 (the Blitz) of this Series – Click Here

For Segment 2 (Stalingrad) – Click Here 

For Segment 3 (Pearl Harbor) – Click Here

For Segment 4 (Normandy) – Click Here

For Segment 5 (Iwo Jima) – Click Here

For Segment 6 (The Bomb) – Here! 

This will be my last post of 2018!  I wish you all a very Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year!  Be sure to tune back in in 2019 for lots more history, poetry, photography, and more!