I Wonder If They Knew | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. I Wonder If They Knew

I Wonder If They Knew

April 7, 2010
By laurenangela SILVER, Newton, Illinois
More by this author
laurenangela SILVER, Newton, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am too weird to live, but much too rare to die," -Synyster Gates, guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold

View profile

I wonder if they knew
If they knew they’d be on a bronze plaque
On the wall of an American Legion

If they’d see the horrors
Or land six feet under

If we’d cry for them
Or if when they answered the call
That the
Nazis
Japs
Charley
Or the kamikazes made

Or when they were placed in a box
And a flag was placed above

I wonder if they knew
That we were going to lose
The ones that let us
Live here
And live free

© Alice B., Sarasota, FL

The author's comments:
I wrote this when my dad cleaned the local American Legion, and I saw the plaque with the names on it. It's for all veterans-especially the ones who didn't come home.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Death After Life
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Voice
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Nothing to say
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret."

View profile
Poetry
Alice
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who's left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won't answer my call."

View profile
Poetry
The Moon
By Izzy Hare BRONZE
Camano Island, Washington
Izzy Hare BRONZE, Camano Island, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Lost now found
By BarrelRacer GOLD
Huber Heights, Ohio
BarrelRacer GOLD, Huber Heights, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Bring The Challenge or Eat My Dust.

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.