agonyea
12 December 2004, 20:23
BROTHERHOODS
Their story demands no pity
and even less grief.
For dauntless were these brave and foolish youth.
They turned to meet the beast
That thing which breeds with random killing.
It's breath is as repugnant as sewer gas
And it's voice blasts forth in staccato bursts
and belching flames,
All the blasphemous tongues
uttered by worldly kings.
Still onward did those faces gaze.
With eyes grown black
The sparkle all but gone
Replaced with the "look".
All say you can see it
Some call it the thousand yard stare
Others call it fatigue
We called it survival.
Still onward did we gaze.
That bitch bred and laughed
While we struggled and bled...
mentally and physically
Some met the beast and died
Others became that beast...a walking void.
We all knew who the beast was
It had become us.
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awesome Vietnam poem
Their story demands no pity
and even less grief.
For dauntless were these brave and foolish youth.
They turned to meet the beast
That thing which breeds with random killing.
It's breath is as repugnant as sewer gas
And it's voice blasts forth in staccato bursts
and belching flames,
All the blasphemous tongues
uttered by worldly kings.
Still onward did those faces gaze.
With eyes grown black
The sparkle all but gone
Replaced with the "look".
All say you can see it
Some call it the thousand yard stare
Others call it fatigue
We called it survival.
Still onward did we gaze.
That bitch bred and laughed
While we struggled and bled...
mentally and physically
Some met the beast and died
Others became that beast...a walking void.
We all knew who the beast was
It had become us.
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awesome Vietnam poem