Were You One of Those
Were You One of Those
Were you one of those who was over there?
Had done bad things way beyond compare;
Soldiers were being wounded and also killed
And bills and goals had been left unfulfilled.
Wherever you went or would wonder along
People had been there in hordes and a throng
Soldiers sang songs that themselves did bewilder
Of death and destruction and who was the builder.
While blood was flowing bullets flew and flew
Were many terrible things that we went through
In the name of our beloved, great country's sake
From dawn's early light until next new day's break.
Times were both so trying and had been bleak
After we fought on and on week after week
To us, all of this this was extremely terrifying
Soldiers having fought hard and were dying.
To many, this was last breath they would take
Backs were bent and heard bones as they break
Death came to Screaming Eagles by the score
Loved ones we never again shall see anymore.
War was won over and done and had ended
Wish decaying, dreary misery could be rescinded;
Soldiers so silent over and over did die and die
Parents stayed home while they would cry and cry.
James Thomas Horn
A Retired Veteran
A Parent of a Veteran
And an Orphan of a Veteran
Copyright © James Horn | Year Posted 2016
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