I am a seventeen year old who has been writting a book since the age of fifteen. I enjoy writing as it allows my imagination to travel to places that the human body can not always go. It allows me to freely express my thoughts an imagination. In the poem I Hear the Drum Rolls Beating I was inspired by my teacher to write a poem for an assignment in the format of author Whitman. Our Soldier's of our Country, who serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week, make our great nation what it is today. Sometimes the gratitude they deserve goes unoticed as our daily lives overtake us. Please pay tribute to all soldier's when you see them thank them, as many of their comrades have fought and died for our freedom.