Tired
By grumpy3445
At times, the stress begins to get too much I am an old veteran of the endless formations the same, tired marches, the hurry up and wait I've been shot at, had artillery exploding around me spent sleepless nights watching a border while our artillery fire zoomed overhead terrified of counterbattery fire watching flares pop up, miles away hearing the sounds of vehicles dying the eerie sound an F-18 Gau gun makes from miles away, sounding like a whale the months without showers years blurrying by, like a long misery and still I endure the stress wondering how long my mind and body can take it pushing myself, because I need to set an example because it is expected of me trying to be patient with the junior soldiers who have no idea what it is like to be in a battlefield I pray they don't have to see what I've seen, and at times, I wish I could forgetI wrote this after a particularly hard day while I was at Fort Dix. I was one of the few people there with combat experience, and it set me apart, but not in a positive way. Written January 17th, 2002 © on Mar 02 2002 12:42 PM PST 18 • 0 • 1
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