[WayzataJOHNN]

Reflections before the Firefight

Dusk slides into darkness
and I strain to watch the shadows
watching ever for one that moves
one that shouldn’t

Its become too ordinary
living in that silence before battle
and than coming alive
and dodging mortality

Fear with my powered eggs
pain with my grounds filled coffee
and stress, just another dressing
on the table of war

I remember my car
and the girls that were so fetching
sitting inside there so sweet to see
as I slid my hand down their legs


Now I test infallibility
as on each day I strive
afraid of death’s hollow rattle
wondering if I’ll live to ever marry

What guy wouldn’t
wanna be with his high school sweetheart
wondering if you really reap what you sow
as I await combat’s grimness

[Soaring Feather]

WOW this is a powerful poem.

The images are fantastic.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Powerful writing!

Salute!

[starbase]

This is an awesome poem. The imagery is both starkly believable, and clearly comes to you very naturally.

It's obvious the author of this poem knows what he's talking about.