02/02/2021 12:55 PM  Saving Throw Current mood:  calm A gunner in a shack did rest, watching soldiers below, America’s best.  This yellow man who’s hands are red, pulled the trigger, ambushing men with a belt-fed. All are pinned, a storm of led above their head. Making the wrong move ensured you were dead. A man with a grenade weighs out his lot. Tired of long war he’s had is last thought. Mind made up figuring someone had to go. He ran out from cover to save the men he’d known. The bullets crack and whiz, ripping through him head to toe.  Shaking hands with death to make a saving throw. 141 0 Comments

01/24/2021 09:23 PM  War without end Current mood:  disappointed I can’t see the desired end. Forever doomed to lose my friends. And I can’t hear the call they do. To the war they feel they must see through. No I can’t think of worse affair than the war they’ll fight both here and there. And I do fear for my own sons, a war that never ends with bombs and guns. No I can’t abide by the star spangled eyes of the patriots for mine have died. War pigs root and and rip up the land leaving what’s left in war torn hands. This long war I had made my own but it must end for my seeds to grow. Don’t take my boys, send me again. Anything but this war without end. 0 Comments

01/14/2021 04:23 PM  Stranger, Friend, Brother Current mood:  contemplative Stranger oh stranger, come & be my brother. Off to war we go. Friend oh my friend, let's train, sweat & bleed. Off to war we go. Brother oh my brother. Got my back? I got yours. Off to war we go. Brother oh my brother! Cover me & I'll kill for you.  Off to war we went.  Brother oh my brother! Follow me & I'll die for you. Off to war we went.  Brother oh my brother, Don't leave me here alive! Off to war we went.  Brother, oh my brother, where are you now? Will I see you soon? In war you died.  Brother, oh my brother, I don't want to live without you. From war some returned. Brothers, oh my brothers, are you together where ever you are?  From war some returned. Brothers, my brothers. I miss you. From war... some returned.  Raeki, Whitcomb, Alamo, Soltero, Hall, Jackson, Dixon, Hagert, Hairston, Arsenault, Moore... Oh brothers our brothers. 0 Comments

01/14/2021 01:40 PM  Vengeful Ghosts Current mood:  miserable From the patrol base we go, lock and load. young warriors are led by the old. In the dark of night ready for a fight we move brave and bold. The sun begins to rise and with it comes dangers. The waking enemy can see the intruders, we unwelcomed strangers.  The streets were clear and we could hear nothing more than the wind. Our feet shifted over dirt and stones walking into a fight about to begin.  We were near a graveyard with simple stones and flying death-flags. Wading through desert plants while our pockets on thorns did snag. It began with a boom and morning tracers flying over head. And now we kneel behind gravestones fighting for our lives above the dead.  We traded rounds a rocket was fired and many of the stones fell. Disrespecting their rest and doing our best to defeat this flash of hell. Reloading now with my knee upon the bed of the dead. We did not think about the price now on our heads. No bounty placed by mere men but by those vengeaful ghosts. Something must have followed me back and made my efforts it’s host. As things fall apart now and nothing works out, it’s strange for me to ponder... of the battle over graves on which we had wandered.  Angry dead, go in peace no trespass was meant. But with this request it seems unheard and the dead hell-bent. 0 Comments

01/14/2021 01:33 PM  Heartbreaking Premonitions Current mood:  sad I was never a prophet, people just have a way... They have a way of wandering into the things I say. I wish I could be wrong but most keep proving me right... Now you cry about friends and I wonder why we ever fight...  Yeah behind our sight it all just goes 20s. It’s all unfolding now, coulda bet me some money...  I thought I’d laugh when you said that I was right... But darling seeing you in pain makes me hurt all night.  People twist and turn, wanna watch you burn and I gave a lot of warning... You defended em all, got real mad, and told me to leave by the morning... I can sit in the woods laughing while sad... I can burn a lot in the fire but none of the memories we’ve had... I wish I could save you but the ship would pull me under too... I’m waiting alone on sandy shores hoping to see you. Those depths are dark and they will swallow you whole... I was there before you pulled me out. Didn’t you know? ...You were there when I came out of the undertow. Please swim my darling the current ain’t half as bad... not as bad as thinking about the things we could have instead of had...  If you ever let me the hand is always waiting... I wear the ring and yours is on my car keys dangling...  Don’t sink, don’t give me room to be right... I hope the world is showing you this never had to be a fight...  I thought I’d laugh but your crying hurts to the bone... If we said till death do us part, Why are we both so painfully alone. 0 Comments

01/14/2021 01:29 PM  Stayed Too Long Current mood:  betrayed Some stay too long, the ones that hurt most when they go. The ones who are gone before you know. If I tell you my dreams, my goals, and what will be... its because I wanted you to think before ever saying you love me. I told you my problems, the things to expect, there were no surprises, you committed and yet... Here I am, alone with a cigarette far too short, too short to burn and not think of the sort. The sort who say “I’ll love you forever, always, and never leave.” Then stomp out your heart the one you let dangle on your sleeve.  If you thought I was hard to love then you should consider this. With every betrayal the less you are missed The less vulnerable I’ll be, the less filled with glee... the last light in this world, the son you gave to me Some people stay too long, the ones that hurt most when they’ve betrayed. I broke a few promises but you broke the first you ever made.   If you don’t belong don’t be long 0 Comments

01/14/2021 01:23 PM  Raging Stars Current mood:  contemplative (Raging stars.) I remember sandstorms and sun... I remember when it was life or death to run. I can still smell the burning and blood... I can still smell the smoke of the gun. I can see the tracers flying by... like raging stars race’n across the sky! I can hear the voices of those about to die... my love for them was larger than life.  Oh and I still feel the sand in my eyes! ...the blazing sun and sorrow that cuts like knives. I can laugh because I see young men’s smiles... I kept on livin but they been gone for a while...  Still got the boots that walked so many miles! ...they dressed my feet for all the pain and trials...  I can still shed me some tears... and to them boys I’ve offered a thousand beers! ... alone at night out where nobody hears. We sure saw a lot and I never wanna forget... all that mud, blood and sweat. Those times that shoulda had a guitar... seeing tracers fly like raging stars! If yuh asked me to do it again... I’d try once more to bring back some friends...  Some died at home away from the fight... I love em still whether they done wrong or right.  When I lay my head down at night... I’m still smoking smokes trying with all my might... to remember every name that ain’t here... Tell me boys, have you got’n any of my beers?  The best and worst hangs heavy on our hearts and’s burnt behind our eyes... when remembering tracers like raging stars across the sky. 0 Comments

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