EACH STEP ECHOES THROUGH DARK DESOLATE AIR

A SHROWEDED MOON BLANKETS THE EARTH

UNEASY EYES DART TO EACH UNDAUNTING GLARE

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FILLED WITH EMPTY BLOCKS OF TIME

WAITING TO RELISH ON THE FRUITS OF WAR

LOVE LETTERS ARE WRITTEN WITH THE INK OF TEARS

A SOFT SPOT LAYS AT THIS ANGRY BEASTS CORE

SOMBER THOUGHTS OF HOW THINGS WERE

IGNORING REALITY OF KNOWING WHAT THEY WILL BECOME

LOVED ONES DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR UNDERSTANDING

OF WHAT THIS SOLDIER HAD TO WALK AWAY FROM

ANOTHER WORLD AWAY

IN THE FURTHEST CORNERS OF HIS MIND

HE HIDES THE ANSWERS TO WHO HE’S BECOME

WHILE SMILING AND TELLING EVERYONE THAT HE’S FINE

ALTHOUGH HE KNOWS THE TRUTH

OF HOW HE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

HE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW DOING ONE’S JOB

COULD MAKE A GROUNDED PERSON GO INSANE

RELIVING THE BATTLES

OF EACH MURDEROUS SCENE

INSANITY CREEPS CLOSER

IN EACH UNRELENTING NIGHTMARISH DREAM

THE UNFORTUNATE FACES OF THE CHILDREN

THEIR CRIES FOR HELP , FROZEN IN TIME

OVER AND OVER HIS KNEES FIND THE SAND

ASKING GOD FOR FORGIVENESS AND TO GIVE HIM A SIGN

A SIGN FOR WHY HE’S FIGHTING

IN SUCH A MISGUIDED FRUITLESS WAR

AND AS HE LOOKED AT HIS BROTHERS BESIDE HIM

HE KNEW RIGHT THEN WHAT HE WAS FIGHTING FOR

IT’S NOT TO GIVE A COUNTRY-PEACE

OR A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE

ITS SO THE SOLDIER BESIDE YOU

CAN MAKE IT HOME TO SEE HIS WIFE

ITS TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE’VE WON

THAT OTHERS ARE TOO SCARED TO EARN

WHY IS IT THAT I NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY QUESTION

ARE THEY UNABLE TO LEARN?

OR MAYBE THE WORLD IS FULL OF QUESTIONS

THAT NO ONE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND

BUT REST ASSURE WHEN THAT CALL COMES IN

I AM PROUD TO MAKE A STAND !