Veteran's Day in the United States

[Caren]

Thank you, veterans, for your service and sacrifice!

 

♡

[Rob.]

Thank you for remembering, Happy Veterans' Day.

[Vaughan_Rarius]

Remembrance Day in UK.

 

http://3dxforum.com/index.php?/topic/7870-remembrance-day/

 

 

Dedicated to our Military and the fallen servicemen. Thank you for your service. Thank you for all you have done, achieved and given.

 

A Soldier’s Battlefield.

 

The Crashing of shells

Shrapnel and exploding earth

Will I survive this?

 

Helmet slips down to

Eyes, with splatterings of blood

Loud and scary times.

 

Not my blood Thank God

But the poor soul blown to bits

Standing next to me.

 

A mush of flesh there

Is all that remains of him.

God keep me safe prayers!

 

A wounded comrade

Seen in the red grass ahead

I pull him to stand

 

“Run and keep moving”

I shout above the mad din

More exploding clods

 

He nods, turns and falls

A bullet lodged in his brain

Instant death this time.

 

In the deathly smog

More deadly enemy fire

Cutting down brave men.

 

Choking as I breathe,

Bad air and death everywhere

Eyes sting and mouth dry.

 

Too much blood stains me

Mostly from others, not mine

The horrors of war.

 

I see enemy

A murderous soldier looms

It is me or him.

 

He lunges for me

With rifle and bayonette

I parry and slice

 

He falls with dead eyes

My swipe firm and fatal

A man in his prime.

 

Exhausted and tired

Another man meets his death

As I fire and hit.

 

The battle rages

All around me dead soldiers

The war of countrys.

 

Bullets whizzing round

Screams of fatal injuries

Dodging and weaving

 

Praying I survive

My mind already war scarred

Nightmares now sown.

 

Will I ever know

The Peace we fight for so strong

A bullet finds target…

 

My legs seering pain.

I fall to the ground, screaming

Blackness and breathless.

 

I see enemy

The murderous soldier looms

It is me or him.

 

His deathly eyes wide

Screaming I fight for my life

I am held down fast

 

“It’s ok Soldier,”

A feminine voice calms me

“You are safe now here.”

 

Hospital Care now

Physical injuries heal

Mental scars still hurt.

 

War's cost is too high

Dialogue and compromise

Is the way forward.

Ask the soldiers who know!