Sniper
Sniper
There is another notch on his rifle
He can see it– no one else can
The reason for the notch
He just killed a man
He is our American sniper
doing what he is trained to do
He’s methodically taught to kill
“take out the enemy– before they kill you”
One thing we overlook
something we never figured
What happens in a sniper’s mind
after– he pulls the trigger
Forever in his consciousness
are the lives he has cut short
The memory is eternal
something he cannot abort
Some people don’t understand
they consider the issue trifle
But a soldier remembers forever
the notches– on his rifle
(2008)
