I awoke everything was a blur. I could hear the distinct sound of gunfire and explosives but, they were muffled by some strange force. There was a loud ring noise in my ear that accompanied my sudden deafness. My sight was disoriented and I blinked quickly as my vision soon came back.
“C’mon Soldier! Get Up!” I heard through my muffled ears, yet I did as he said. I recognized his voice, it was Sergeant Miller. I struggled to my feet as pain coursed through my body, it felt as if I had been stabbed repeatedly. Sergeant Miller grabbed me and pulled me to safety behind a brick wall. My sight and audition had come back as I heard Private Robertson screaming the position of our enemies.
“Four jerries, 12 o’clock” screamed Private Robertson as our artilleryman Private Hill shot a missile from an AT-4 and it quickly took out the 4 jerries. “Leopard 2 coming from 4 o’clock!” I screamed as I saw it coming down the side of the road. Private Hill took out his Javelin and screamed “Cover me!” He soon locked on and shot as the missile went up in the air and soon came down on the tank taking it out. I grabbed some morphine out of my bag and stabbed myself with it. The pain quickly went away and I stood up grabbing my AK-47u and uniting with my unit.
“We need to continue and meet up with the Brits up north about 4 clicks up” we started moving and a sense of calmness came over me. It’s the first time in 2 years that I’ve felt this calm. The last time I felt calm was the night before I was shipped out. We arrived at a small village as I noticed we had just walked for about an hour now. I felt uneasy as if something was going to happen. “Sergeant Miller I’m getting a bad feeling about this place” the houses seemed strange as I saw a window open. An old man popped his head out and screamed “Vada via! Giri intorno! Agguato”
Agguato? Agguato? What does that mean? I remember taking some Italian classes when I was in High School and I was trying to remember what it meant. It took a while for me to get it, my unit was arguing about what it meant. “He said welcome!” assumed Private Robertson. “No, welcome is Benevento not Agguato!” screamed Sergeant Miller. I then understood “He said ambush! We got to get out of here!” As my unit was registering what I had just supposed, I heard a familiar noise. Ting Ting Ting. I looked down. Crap! Bang! A flash of light consumed my eyes and my eyes were blinded and the all but familiar sound filled my ears. Beeeeep. I looked around but I couldn’t see or hear. I suddenly heard the sound of gunfire and I dropped to the floor praying to God to keep me safe. I could suddenly see and my comrades were on the floor also but, only two were still alive. Sergeant Miller was shot and was gripping his stomach while Private Robertson was gripping his leg. I looked to the side and the Jerries came out of hiding and they were firing as I crawled to safety while dragging Private Robertson and Sergeant Miller with me. I was scared for my life and also the lives of my comrades as we kept on getting fired at. I gripped my chest. I was shot. Blood was running down my uniform and my hands. “You have to retreat” I told my comrades. “Not without you!” proclaimed Private Robertson. “I’m a goner, but you can still survive, so leave without me!” Private Ryan reluctantly stood up and grabbed Sergeant Miller and left. I got up with a piercing sting in my chest. I knew this was it, what I do here will decide my legacy, my imprint on life. I threw a stun grenade and flashed banged the Jerries. They were rubbing their eyes and looking around as I aimed my gun and shot. It was all going in slow motion every bullet was showing a part of my life. Bang. My first birthday. Bang. My first bike. Bang. My first broken bone. Bang. My first day in High School. Bang. My first girlfriend. Bang. My first kiss. Bang. My graduation. Bang. My baptism. Bang. My first day in college. Bang. When I first enlisted to the Army. Bang. When I got married. Bang. When I found out I was going to be a father. Bang. Then when I was shipped out. Bang. When I first got shot at. Bang. When I first killed a man. My life flashed before my life and fifteen jerries were dead on the floor while the pain increased in my chest. Soon enough that oh familiar flash filled my sight and I fell to the floor even as then another recognizable sound filled my sound. I dropped on my knees as tears rolled down my cheeks resembling the time when I saw my friend get killed in this God forsaken war. Bing Bing Bing. This was the end. Boom! All was black. Soon enough I saw an intense radiance stand out in the distance. A peculiar calmness encircled me and an incomparable bliss filled me as I made my way towards this extraordinary illumination. When I was in the midst of the illumination I began to rejoice because of the awe-inspiring ecstasy. “Welcome Home” proclaimed a divine voice. “Welcome Home.”
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
My first post!
since this is my first post i'll post one of my songs!
verse 1- bright lights disappear slowly as day turns to night,
and i cant stand this fight about who's right
But, as we follow in the dark like sheep to the slaughter
i fight this hand, this force, these chains
can i ever be free!
Chorus-But as quick as it began it ended,
this battle between my flesh and my consience
without regret or remorse i see the end of it
and i scream to the one who can save me!
verse 2- now im running down memory lane
and all the pain keeps pouring down like rain
oh! but i fight the waves of emotion
i fight through all the commotion
repeat chorus
verse 3- God! where are u now!
i feel you by my side but i cant see you
God! can u help me out!
you extend your hand and pull me out
you pulled me out of my misery
and you gave me something to believe
and now i sing
repeat chorus(without music just guitar)
i scream to the one who can save me!(screamed)
end(Do Not take my song lol)
well thats for today
later
verse 1- bright lights disappear slowly as day turns to night,
and i cant stand this fight about who's right
But, as we follow in the dark like sheep to the slaughter
i fight this hand, this force, these chains
can i ever be free!
Chorus-But as quick as it began it ended,
this battle between my flesh and my consience
without regret or remorse i see the end of it
and i scream to the one who can save me!
verse 2- now im running down memory lane
and all the pain keeps pouring down like rain
oh! but i fight the waves of emotion
i fight through all the commotion
repeat chorus
verse 3- God! where are u now!
i feel you by my side but i cant see you
God! can u help me out!
you extend your hand and pull me out
you pulled me out of my misery
and you gave me something to believe
and now i sing
repeat chorus(without music just guitar)
i scream to the one who can save me!(screamed)
end(Do Not take my song lol)
well thats for today
later
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