Just another soldier lost in war...right?...Wrong...not when you see it through that soldier's eyes...
I peered over the hill of rock,
and there I stood in a state of shock;
Bloody bodies scattered around the battlefield-
from all this hatred, my mind will never be healed.
My helmet was snug and put on tight,
and I held onto my gun with all my might;
I felt a wave of sweat and damp-
I longed for a nice shower, back at the camp.
There were gunshots in the distance,
and shouts of enemies being captured from resistance;
But I was there, all alone,
dreaming of returning to my wife and kids, back at home.
I wasn't meant to be a soldier, for I was a coward-
I wasn't physically or mentally empowered;
I felt faint at the sight of anguish and blood-
bodies stepped upon, right in the mud.
I trembled and suddenly felt a chill crawl down my spine-
I felt queasy and saw a blurry vision of my girls, one six, the other nine-
And I reached to touch their faces,
but when I grasped the illusion, they vanished, not leaving any traces.
So there I stood, hand still extended,
hoping that my loneliness would soon be mended-
And soon the war would come to an end-
but now, this country's mistakes I must amend.
But suddenly, I heard a snapping of a twig-
a splashing of a puddle...
Abruptly coming back to life, I reached for my gun, all in a muddle-
But I was too late...
The pain came too quickly and was so great.
I looked down and saw the bloody gash,
and then it came to me all in a flash;
My two girls, the only reason I lived-
for them I would die, and give and give...
Only this time they looked entirely sad-
I wondered if they really wanted to see a coward, their dad;
They said "Daddy, don't go!"
I said, with tears in my eyes, my voice quivering, "Don't worry, you'll only miss daddy so-so..."
So as I sank to my knees and fell to the ground,
the voices of my girls were lost and would never be found;
And as my face hit the soil, I thought how my life had begun-
and ended in such a blur...
I guess that's how it is...being just another soldier...
~*God Bless America*~
