#TNTML Presents: The Child Soldier by @ezrabutler
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @EzraButler
This is about a newly homeless boy that asked me for a "nickel or penny" last night.
With manners,
he said “Thank you”,
as his mother taught him well.
Covered
in pictures that told a story.
Telegraphing sorrow
I could not decipher,
in a language I fluently understood.
A new recruit,
an anonymous soldier in a growing army,
forced by circumstance to march,
clutching his world possessions,
into the dark unknown.
He requested a pittance,
coupled with an apology,
as it was his fault
he was conscripted.
A casualty of war,
a prisoner of reality,
a child abandoned
rejected
and expelled because of fear and hate.
With pure eyes,
he said “Thank you”,
as his mother taught him well.
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