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Boy to Man

by Jackie Micke Jinks | Apr 28, 2008 | Poetry | 0 comments

The soldier
a boy young and brave
cares naught but to protect us
trained to fight, yet fearful nonetheless
wanting to safely come home
Caught ‘tween peace and war
now a man.

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