The Uniform
The uniform
I dread today,
16 years now
And capable.
With the accuracy of
A Clock,
The solider brings it to me;
The proof.
The future.
The obligation.
I gingerly grasp it.
My face tightens ,
My fists clench,
As I feel my boyhood innocence
RIPPED from my skin.
My young naïve skin
Now scorched ,
Scarred.
The coarse wool and starch
Scratch my body painfully
I buckle my belt
And with a snap,
Sealed my fate.
I walk.
I walk:
My shoulder hunched
My eyes leaking
My hands wringing
My feet shuffling;
But still,
I walk.
Then it happens.
They take my things.
An with a flash
Of the camera,
I am one of them.
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