Soldier's Dog Tag
Soldier, your job is to wipe out
the enemy, then hold ground;
for in the smoky bloodbath,
there are no nice, universal truths,
but for the will to stay alive,
it's either you or them, kill or be killed;
and to keep your sanity, you've got
to discard your own humanity;
for should you survive you'll have to face
a far fiercer battle back home,
where many in our ungrateful society
will look at you with fear
and suspicion,
no, never as living heroes
of this nation !
Copyright © Romeo Naces | Year Posted 2007
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