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Marine

He held folded shoulders
And wore ropes down his arms
He had pockets full of matches
And he smoked cigars
His solid composure
And rugged man charms
Had the ladies he was catching
Acting up at bars

He told stories about war
And his tours in Nam
He held glory in the scars
And the friends he'd won

Every tear instilled on the breath of his side
Was in honor of his brothers who had faught and died

Above all, he was a Marine
Semper Fidelis
— Breakinglogic, Mar 28, 2010

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

For some reason, this poem

For some reason, this poem (though excellently written) bothers me. A lot. ~A "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ A Course In Miracles
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blistered-pen

16 years 2 months ago

I’m in love with those

I'm in love with those first two stanzas. I can see him, in a smoky bar, surrounded by women awed by his survival while not really understanding that it's his darkness that makes him attractive. It's like they know he won't be the whole man they should want and that's why they hang off of him like his cigar smoke. I'm not in love with the last two stanzas, they seem too separate from the rest. As if they were added as an afterthought, you know? JRS
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magics02

16 years 1 month ago

Great write for a soldier

Logic I like how you wrote this and I know you were thinking solid on it as you wrote it. Am I correct? And Be Proud Be A Marine. I am very much proud of you Logic and you know it. Love Magics momma( Miss you in chat too) xoxoxoxox Learn to live, learn to forgive. Life is too short.
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sakkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

16 years 1 month ago

Marine

Logic. Lets go lets go lets go. U.S.M.C. The morrow of life is not a dream. We kill for a reason. We cry no not for treason. We pass away and never say I will not take point on this misguided day. What the heck a jar head cannot win. My name agian and agian to play a place of a killing machine. Laughing smiling hateing agian and agian. Tell me if in the end it all is the same to a soldiers shagren. Good luck my friend. And if by chance the day comes for me to be just me one time agian. I'm in I'm in. Well goodluck to the day as I will never stray away from the U.S.M.C.