From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!tekid!bentonh@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.poems Title: Wars End Article-I.D.: tekid.318 Posted: Thu Aug 19 07:35:03 1982 Received: Sun Aug 22 01:59:22 1982 Wars End Bolt up screaming from a nightmare In the darkness thoughts turn black One desire, to be elsewhere Glad to suffer any lack Dreamt that evil walked my forest Hacked with axes limbs from trees None escaped, not the poorest Unhealed wounds, death by degrees Their lives return none can afford I sought revenge under a spell Hate filled my eyes, Satan's reward Blood suckled devil, get thee to Hell Dreaming again, a battle not won For each friend killed, the toll of a bell No pullback called, the war rages on Fighting's intense; my name's on this shell ... Lacking his arm, not bearing his shield; Lacking his death, on armor can't lay still Clutching at life, late borne from the field Resolve builds within: won't again kill Years have passed, wounds through healing But scars on his mind, pain only increasing Game arm can touch, but he has no feeling Friends cannot know, no way of releasing Marine's taught lessons, well implanted As boots they learned to always fight The oath once taken, not recanted Was easy at first, knew they're right Neither country nor wife need him more Resolve builds again, he knows what to do Remembers the years, wonders what for Lays out his medals, and .45 too Benton Holzwarth ...teklabs!tekid!bentonh