A Poem 4 a soldier - a female one

recently i was in another city

and they had a theater announcement

stating

picture taken @ checkpoint charly, anti war exhibition in Berlin, Germany

War has no female face

the place was Duesseldorf and it is about a theater play there 

so true, so true

and yet, u,

female soldier,

u r so brave

2 prove this

in a way

nobody

undastands

(or maybe verz few of us)

photo taken somewhere in Maastricht

... u just go with male-soldiers

into war!

which sounds crazy

2 me,

but surprise!

u miraculously broke da spell of hell

here is the poem

EASTER TIME

street art, Maastricht

- da serpent's egg -

thank u, woman-soldier

i don't know what u do

nevatheless - something happened

since u r there:

soldiers begin 2 talk

begin 2 melt

their ego 

tumbles

which was needed so much

cause men think

(not all of them, but some still have such mindset)

war is a game

they think

they are heroes

but u know better

and u know

there is no one praising them

when they come home

war torn, heart broken, empty

except the get some salary

and maybe a medal

...perhaps...

4 spending their best years

4 doubtful purpose

that no one

revealed 

2 them

cause nobody knows

what u might know and tell

because it is real

...sadness...

street art, Maastricht

or even more...

u come home

from war and think

u r lucky cause u survived?

fool, the one u killed is in heaven

and u r left alone on earth

2 work this out

that is grace bestowed upon u

2 redeem ur action

cause it was wrong

- let's just face it!

one cannot die with guilty-pain

one can only die with a peaceful heart

and don't forget:

sleep is the brother of death

and anotha truth:

u cannot change da past

but u can speak out 4 peace, stand up 4 justice

and cry out ur pain and tell ur children,

and

one more secret:

try rescue animals who suffer

try help the needy

try freeing chicken from prison (for instance)

and care 4 them

they have some connection with heaven

so, u better NOT eat them

NOT wear their skin

NOT take their eggs

cause they belong to the world beyond

a world u normally see only after this life has ended

and their life

IS A MIRACLE


here at the end 
some add-on
a link to a book review 
about a bestseller

Germania by Simon Winder

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/27/germania-personal-history-simon-winder

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040201322.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7205965/Germania-by-Simon-Winder-review.html

it is very interesting to compare those reviews
only then u know that u have 2 read urself in order 2 know

and i did read part of it

quite amusing, but do not give too much
if you hope to find some facts that are well researched
nevatheless a very fresh read
and worth if you are
stuck with old concepts and ideas about this country

this book maybe worth more then 10 of books written by some scholars
if u know how 2 handle it