Off To War

by sadeyes   Jul 2, 2007


He joined the Army to become a man
He never dreamed at 18
He would go to fight in Iran
From hanging out with his friends
To having a gun placed in his hands
He landed in the dessert
To defend our great land
He fires every bullet and says to himself
I fire this gun so our families are safe
Sometimes I even see our enemy's face
At night sometimes I can't sleep
Because thing are blowing up so close to me
I wonder will I see my family again
Or will I die in this forsaken land
Will I see my little brother play his littel league
Or taste my mom's cooking
To hear my father say he was proud of me
I know this my seem stupid to you
But to me I just a kids
And these are the thing I wish I could do
If only for a minute
I want to feel them so close
As I fire my gun again

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  • 13 years ago

    by sadeyes

    We join the military at such a young age we end up in war to protect our country thinking we r doing the right thing people at home dont see what we do and how good this feels to us over there and to those people ove rthere but when we come home people fine out what we have done and they look down upon us so alot of soldiers dont talk about what they have done how there lifes change and no one really knows why

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