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When Trang Sup Burned |
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What is worse than the impotent rage
When one is
trapped, unable to engage
The enemy when he slips in to
kill?
You can only watch with furious eyes
As
mortars explode and the agonized cries
Of the victims
pierce your soul with a chill
That freezes memories
that will never melt,
And bares a nerve that still is
felt
In those unguarded moments when you're still.
Then the memories start along with the pain
As the
smoke and the fire rekindle your brain
Making you live it
once more against your will.
The children scream and
the old folks weep
And you close your eyes trying to keep
Out the sights that bore in like a drill.
True
anguish comes when the enemy has gone,
You're helping
survivors, all bloodied and torn...
And, for you, war has
forever lost its thrill. |
By
Thurman P. Woodfork
Copyright 2004, Revised 2006
Listed
March 24, 2011 |
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