Necessary Evil - A Soldiers Story
As embarkation approaches...the frontlines anticipate what awaits ahead...
They anxiously eat...knowing this could be the last time they break bread...
Thoughts kept internal...soldiers minds adrift as silence surrounds camp...
Mud filled boots and floors damp...bodys tense with the flicker of gas lamps...
Suddenly the noise of gunfire awakens the mind and reality soon hits home...
Fellow soldiers rush out of the trench..."open fire"...stuck in this bullet strorm...
Then i commense...past enemy lines...5000 soldiers just letting shots roam...
Knowing that somewere...theres little kids who's daddys wont be coming home...
Grenades getting thrown...fellow soldiers legs departed from their upper self...
Im stuck...my actions haulted...as i look around i cant seem to move myself...
Then i see us getting overpowered...foreign bodys coming in all directions...
The silence comes back...seems like hours while i comprehend on my reflections...
"Robbo"..."Robbo"...you promised your best friend that you'd watch each others back...
Never killed a man before...then i hear cries...and see Robbo under attack...
I start to run in his direction...what was black and white is now nothing but red...
The pain inside is unbareable...watchin ya best friends blood slowly pour...
Thats when you've no choice but to kill a man...its either his life or yours...