Leathernecks Poems | Examples

Lost

Awaken to sounds of flight, machines in the distance 
Muffled sounds from fire watch
Bellowing to arms to arms
Planes humming, men rising from their slumber

The sky was dark, silhouettes dimmed the stars
Unapproachable rays and milky ways faded 
As the Reaper flew over way
With tools of trade

Squinting indistinctly it had begun
To my feet, roused to the berm 
In celebration I danced with wolves of war
Marines gathering for the kill

Then I recognized the sound of Thunder
In the distant flashes of light, insidious it was 
Thump, Thump         Boom
Thump,         Boom   

The feeling of black, the approach of stillness
Where nothing exist
Such a sight, watched in awe as the sand shook my feet
Would we be brave?

Leathernecks cheered
And the Sentry yelled, “To arms to arms”
In innocence I encouraged death
My thoughts trapped in haunting recollection

I bear in mind, If only we knew 
I died with them
If only I knew lost I was that night 
My soul hidden in the desert 

And in my dreams to arms,                 to arms,                    to arms