He crept in the bushes.
Yesterday He had turned nineteen.
He had dealt with his commanding officers pushes.
He had always wanted to be a Marine.
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But he had never thought.
That he would be there today.
But now he was taught.
Now he knew how to obey.
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He could hear the enemy fire.
From across the desert plateau.
He was now in razor wire.
So he had to go slow.
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He watched as his best friends where killed.
Their bodies lying in the dirt.
His mind was chilled.
He could see the blood squirt.
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It had only been 3 years.
From the first time he had shaved.
You could still see his fears.
He wanted to be saved.
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He didn't get what he was fighting for.
He didn't know war was going to be like this.
This was too hardcore.
He didn't want to die in this abyss
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He made it through the wire.
And across the field.
But he wanted to retire.
He wanted to be healed.
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He had seen so much.
And he hadn't even fully matured.
He still desired his mothers touch.
He wanted this to be cured.
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But his cover was blown.
By the prayers he had been reciting over an over again.
He was all alone.
He finished his prayer with an "amen"
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The bullets tore through his still child like chest.
Although it was now built to kill.
He was shot in the shoulder, and the bullets shot through his breast.
His body was now still.
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His mothers worst dreams.
Now where coming true.
You could hear her screams.
You couldn't imagine what she was going through.
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Her son had died over seas.
He was only nineteen.
She could hear his child like whispers in the trees.
Her son always wanted to be a Marine....
(c) 2005 JP
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