Courage or Idiocy?
72 hours without sleep, constantly moving The enemy is always one step behind Have to keep moving, if I stop they have me Everyone is dogging, can't go much longer The chain is stretched to it's limit, which link will break? Finally it happens, one man falls out, they have him The rest of the troop keep moving, not daring to look back I know we can't leave him, but what to do? Should I throw myself on the fire with him? I stop and turn back, the dumbest grin on my face Is this courage or idiocy? Personally, I think the latter. I know that to stop means I'm equally screwed, yet I still stop I grab the man and help him along, but it's too late, surrounded All at once the enemy pounces, and our nightmare begins When it's all over the man asks why I went back, I can't answer The next day I realize it wasn't idiocy or courage, just necessity.Not many will understand this little piece. I wrote it after one of my weekends with the army. We were run ragged for 3 days, finally my buddy couldn't keep going. It's funny though, after going back to get him I finally realized why, and it wasn't simply friendship or duty. Written March 6th, 2002 © on Mar 05 2002 03:36 PM PST 18 • 0 • 10
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"72 hours without sleep, constantly moving..."