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I see it in their faces...

Young and bold

Trained and ready

Determined and patriotic.

Carrying the weight of a divided country

On their sleeves

And really not sure where they

Fit into the bigger plan.



For the first time I understand their pain...

Not knowing what it really feels like

To take the breath from another soul

Who wants to do the same to you.

Knowing that in the act of war

It's okay for me to kill...

It is perfectly acceptable for me

To disregard the sanctity of

Human life...to be God.



I see them lying there...

Symbols of the battle being fought

Circumstantial collateral...blood on blood.

And as I look beyond their lifeless eyes

I see their families, their friends, their dreams.

And to the bigger me that I button up

In my dress blues,

It just doesn't matter

What color their skin is,

What God they serve,

What flag they salute...



Sunrise, sunset

How quickly we seem to forget

Who we really are...

Mother's sparkle

Father's Pride

But, this is war...

Someone lied.



Kill him before he kills you

Breathe once, breathe no more.

Time to heal the pain

For lifeless eyes

To live again.



War is hell.