These are very powerful poems. It seems as though you have been there and seen these things. Have you?

I like the way you compared the killing of a grown man to that of a boy. These really make you think.

The repetition of "I have killed" sent shivers down my spine, and really drew the poem together around it.

I think the 3rd verse, with all the questions, seemed slightly overdone, but that could just be from my personal outlook on the subject presented.

"I think not.

I have killed, and-

there is no and

or but or excuse or pause.

I have killed." - It looks like you've missed some words out here. It sounds awkward, but not quite forced.

This was a powerful poem. It tells a truth that, during war, everyone knows about, but no one wants to hear.

Though, and this is a very small complaint, but if the man is no longer there, the family can not be described as nuclear. If you are indeed using the term in the way I think you are.

It really made me think about the families that were torn apart not by the war per se, but by indirect cause and effect.