New Arrivals
Author-Kimberly Workman
Titles

Soldier Jim
by Kimberly Workman

Summary: Jim's muses as a young man, discarded for being different. Poem.

Disclamer: Not mine.

We live through the eyes
Of those around us.
We suffer their lies
With no outward fuss.

Inside us, though, we're
Fragile and broken.
Never showing fear,
Just keeping it in.

I lived with the thought
That I was a freak,
Punished whenever caught
Using gifts of the weak.

I was indeed odd,
My father assured,
And I cursed my god
For not being cured.

Maybe mom wouldn't
Have left us alone,
But she just couldn't
Handle me at home.

It was best for all
When I left that place.
And answered the call
Of an Army base.

No longer a freak,
But a soldier more.
But still, in my sleep,
Fighting personal wars.

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