The Kokoda Battle: An Australian Soldier (Part 2)

Dear my beautiful wife
how i have missed you
hows my new born son
how i miss him too

tell him to be a good boy
and tell him to be true
when he is older
make sure he looks after you

he will grow up smart
and he will be strong
he will have common sense
and he will do no wrong

he will take my place
if i do not come back
i wish i could meet him
but i walk this blasted track

tell my family not to worry
to find comfort in my words
when deep inside
i could not feel any worse

my dear i am scared
and I'm not afraid to say
if i had the chance
id go home at any given day

how i miss you so
so much I'm missing out on
like seeing my new son grow
and holding you close

its been two months on this track
and we are indeed improving
slowly making ourselves a name
as we continue moving

how those Japs scare me
they don't mind killing anyone
they show no mercy
to soldiers, natives or children

I'm lucky i haven't been captured
from the rumors that have spread
cannibalism and hangings
they have no respect for the dead

i hear they do not bury
those they have killed or friends
they just leave them to rot
where their life ends

i hope they do
it really is unfair
i say this to God
every night in my prayers

i don't hate the Japs
i believe they are scared like us
sent to fight an enemy
whom they do not like or trust

my wife i don't understand
why do we not settle for peace?
why dos this violence
only seem to increase

I'm awfully weary
I'm very scared my wife
i fear i am too tired
to be-careful for my life

so please don't cry
if the worse does occur
just remember the good times
and how happy we were

tell my family i love them
and i miss them all
hopefully i will be back
with you next fall

i really love you my wife
and nothing breaks my heart more
not being able to hold you
because I'm in this war

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I am an Australian Soldier
That fought in 1942
We've got to defend our country
Cause us Aussies do what we gotta do

NOTE: no racism is meant in this poem. please do not take offense

*Part 3 coming soon