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A Solider's Heart

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Dark Muse
, 07-20-2009 at 03:06 PM (1472 Views)
I read in an article at the time of the civil war the term "soilder's heart" was coined to descibe the physchological pain suffered by many of the surviriors of the war. There was something about the phrase which struck me as profoundly beautiful, and I was inspired to write this for my dearly beloved who served in the Iraq war.

A Solider's Heart

I see the pain in your eyes
soundless depths
more than words can say,
and my soul quakes,
moved by your stoic suffering.

Yearning to reach out to you
across that dark uncrossable plain
of your tortured soul,
so I cry in the night
for those parts of you
I can never touch.

The scars in your mind
which may never heal,
and all I can do is my best
to comfort you and ease
a pain I will never fully understand.

My heart cries
for the horrors which beat
within your own,
and my soul suffers beside yours
as I read upon your face
a tale of neverending woe.

But there is still love here,
offered in my own eyes
which speak of feelings
no words can convey.

And within the warmth of my embrace
for all the things I can never erase
give me the chance to chase
your nightmares away and
together we will fill in the gaps.
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  1. Virgil's Avatar
    I never heard that term before. I like it. Boy that's a soft and cuddly poem that doesn't seem like you D-M.
  2. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Yes I know, it is unlike me, and much of the stuff I post here. But I do have a soft spot for my dearly beloved.
  3. Buh4Bee's Avatar
    Ms. Muse that poem is fabulous and I am glad this soldier has such a strong support system. Lucky guy.
  4. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Hehe thank you
  5. Virgil's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Muse
    Yes I know, it is unlike me, and much of the stuff I post here. But I do have a soft spot for my dearly beloved.
    Your "dearly beloved" served in the Civil War? Now I knew you were strange, but I didn't think you were into necrophilia.
  6. qimissung's Avatar
    That's very sweet. I'm glad he has you, too. And Virgil, her dearly beloved served in Iraq.
  7. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Thank you, and yes I said up above that my dearly beloved fought in the Iraq war, but I was inspired to write this for him when I had read about the term "solider's heart"
  8. Virgil's Avatar
    I was teasing D-M. Soldiers do have a separate experience that most of non soldiers have no idea of.
  9. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Yes, that is quite true.
  10. applepie's Avatar
    Very nice:) Even not seeing ground combat, my husband changed during his tours of duty. The people we knew who did showed a more pronounced one, and it was heartbreaking to see.