soldier boy

little soldier

plastic pistol

aiming for the head. now you see me

now you don't. you missed me

you're dead. laughing

hiding in the bushes

scatter for your life. little soldier tripped and fell

get him with your knife. electric eye is loaded

it shows them it's okay to kill. they eventually will. mother calls you in for lunch

put the war on hold. too rough to play with other kids

how many times you've been told. laugh at pain it's silly. he'd make the soldiers bleed. break the flesh

twist the bone

bring them to their knees. you don't throw stick and stone

you leave the little girls alone she said

leave them

alone. first sight of blood at ten

fell off the swing and cracked his head

it's all red. a still and quiet conscience

regardless of their doom

the victims play

they're on their way

soldier boy. no sense they have

of ills to come. nor care beyond ills of today

they've lost their way

soldier boy. playgrounds into battle fields

diapers into greens and stripes

mold plastic into steel

the war is real

the solders fight tonight. little solder falls once more

sees red glow like the sun. mother calls him back to

arlington

in washington. you don't throw stick and stone

you leave the little girls alone she said

leave them

alone. first sight of blood at ten

fell off the swing and cracked his head

it's all red. a still and quiet conscience

regardless of their doom

the victims play

they're on their way

soldier boy. no sense they have

of ills to come. nor care beyond ills of today

they've lost their way

soldier boy.