Saturday, October 3, 2015

A POEM ON VETERANS FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT

(Ed's Note: We learned recently that as part of a school contest, middle-school students at Oliveira were asked to create an original poem for competition. Although some students lifted entire poems out of the Internet (plagiarized), some came up with good stuff. Below, is one we though was outstanding. We post this without the student's name so as not to influence the competition.)



SO THAT I MAY
I still remember you running
Up and down the field,
Openly laughing as you ran

And I remember you
Coming home from camp
After you signed up to go,
Openly laughing, as you ran
To meet your loved ones in the rain

Time passed, wars raged on
And you wrote home, about the fights
And how you wished you could
Come home and run again, laughing
In the wind and in the rain

You finally did, in your dress blues
Your medals, and missing limbs
Pushed by your brother
Serious and grim
In your wheelchair

And I asked you, why you had gone
And you replied,
I used to run and laugh, and dream of home
To run and play and love and live
And I went, and came and now return
                                                                   So that you can

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Powerful poem, young writer !

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting the poem, it really nice to see something good coming out of BISD.
I know there is much to praise about the kiddos in BISD, I wish that the adults were as inspirational as the kiddos...


Anonymous said...

Wonderful !!!!!

Anonymous said...

great poem and thanks to all the military veterans who served our country.

rita