I Went To War by Richard Reed Jr

I went to war a cheery boy noble if you will,
Like Galahad allegiance sworn to give entire skill,
Immortal, "able 'ere I was", I was all that I could be,
Like Ulysses favored by the Gods to complete my odyssey.

Then I would return in glory, a hero to my peers,
To marching bands, and gun salutes, hurrahs and mighty cheers,
All this and more I fantasized as I went off to war,
To only clear horizons, Hell, I was young at twenty four.

Six months had passed and I remained sound of mind and limb,
But smoked some dope and gave up hope, this folly was a whim,
Born of human something that was damned and reeked throughout,
While bombs were raining fire that could never be put out.

Nightmares now began to take me screams began to fully wake me,
War is a stench that makes one retch, for in truth what glory be,
In body parts strewn across the land blown to bits and pieces?
I knew now that heroes were made of, blood, flesh, guts and feces.

I came home from that war a dreary man without two legs to stand on,
Worse were the visions depressing my soul, a thing forlorn, foregone,
One who for country dies in the mud is certain some diplomat's whore,
who pimps for guys like you and me, old at the age of twenty four.

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I Went To War
by Richard Reed Jr
copyright 01-10-2007

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I Went To War
by Richard Reed Jr
copyright 01-10-2007

Age Rating: 10 to 127