TiffanyC2007

THE WAR WERE I DIED

I was so excited when the commandants came to town They were billeting I was 1 of 20 men Straight out of high school we were known as rookies Two years has gone and I wonder how long this war will last They war was nothing like I imagined lots of deaths and injuries I was scarred but I could not let that show It has been along fortnight out here As we go back to our barracks I see that my comrades from high school had all gone I was sure to be next It was time to fight again We were heavies in a queue Sitting in a trench waiting for orders to attack I was dreading this very moment Fighting without my friends there was no reason for me here We were finally given the whistle The sign telling us time to fight As I was fighting, I did not know what I was fighting for anymore Freedom, independence, power, respect A bombardment hit next to me it took off my arm A soldier carried me back to the dressing station As the orderlies were patching up my wound I remember all the times my friends and me had before this And I start to cry because I know it’s my time I was so naïve I should have listened to my mother I was her young boy her only boy Today is a dead day Today I am dead