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Subject: WAR

Author:
Carinel

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Date Posted: 17:50:20 01/05/02 Sat

i know its far too late now
to take back all this pain
i cant defend my actions
but i hope i can explain

there are those who had their glory
and us who wanted more
so we bodly joined the army
enlisted for the war

months passed by, exposure and time
made us hardened men
death was just a construct
and life its only friend

me and my group of ten
were scouting foreign land
we were told to find the refugees
and shoot them on command

silently we walked along
and stopped when we heard a cry
of a childs broken terror
resounding to the sky

we found them in the darkness
their place gave away by sound
our soldiers took the pleading
and pushed them to the ground

we saw they werent like us
so we took it as our right
that when they started screaming
our bullets filled the night

It was over too quick for me to see
or comprehend that day
i felt it later, the pain inside
the price id have to pay

for after they were quieted
and the dead lay all around
i saw a breathing body
laying curled up on the ground

how she escaped ill never know
but she never even cried
and i could see inside her eyes
this child had already died

and i, the only left there still
my comrades had taken their leave
this tiny child looked at me
her eyes began to plead

horrified at what id done
i brushed away her tear
i wished that i could bring them back
and take away her fear

she wouldnt survive there on her own
but i couldnt kill a child
yet i couldnt leave her living
my frantic thoughts ran wild

if i let her live, the others would know
because i couldnt quite sedate her
they would strip me of all honor
by declaring my name traitor

choosing honor over life
i brought the child with me
i lay down her wimpering body
beneath a barren tree

jaws clenched with blocked thoughts
i felt an unjust rage
a blaze of hatred directed at
this child of unknown age

why did she have to go and live
when all the rest had died?
why couldnt she just go away
instead of leaving me to decide?

in that heat i grasped my gun
as she looked into my eyes
"im sorry" i whispered painfully
the child had to die

and now im here, many years later
still haunted by my choice
inside, i die more each day
outside, i live with poise

i got my honor, only to find
my heroism was a lie
what would they think, if they knew
i let that child die

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Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: WAR	browneyedgirl	19:53:36 01/05/02 Sat
Re: WAR -- Carinel, 22:56:17 01/05/02 Sat Re: WAR -- browneyedgirl, 15:02:45 01/07/02 Mon Re: WAR -- Carinel, 17:54:33 01/07/02 Mon
Re: WAR	Lisa	15:18:00 01/07/02 Mon

Re: WAR	Dan	06:21:19 01/13/02 Sun