IT SEEMS ONLY YESTERDAY

WHEN I WAS HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD

SEEING THINGS THAT I COULD NEVER FORGET

THE YEARS HAVE PASSED WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED

SOUNDS, IMAGES  AND SMELLS STICK IN MY MIND AND NEVER LEAVE

THE FINALITY OF DEATH 

THE GROTESQUE  AND MANGLED BODIES FROM WOUNDS

THE  SMELL OF BLOOD AND GUNPOWDER

THE LOUD POP OF AK 47'S  AND THE DEATH KNELLING THUD OF INCOMING

FORMS THE PICTURE THAT  FOREVER REMAINS

IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY

BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO MY BROTHERS

THE MARINES I TOOK CARE OF

EACH AND EVERY DAY



By:  Doc"Rocky" Miller  - 1 April 2002