The Front Line: A Soldier's Tale

[Mysticalis]

Note:This was a freestyle rap I wrote a few months back as a tribute to all my friends in the Air Force and our sister services who've been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot-zones, and to those who donned the uniform before me and participated in the wars of the 20th century.


The rain pours on, the show must go on
But sometimes the weight has me askin’ if I could carry on
On my shoulder is the wieght of world
the fate of the world
and even what I don’t want: the hate of the world
Soaked and drenched, my mind is entrenched
This burden is enough to get my poor gut wrenched
I look in this dirty mirror lookin’ for a sign
Askin’ myself why I signed on that dotted line
Why the fuck did I sell my soul to Uncle Sam?
Why the fuck am I a lackey for the hated Man?
I’m exposed to hatred across the four corners
And when I die there won’t be any mourners
To attend my funeral or foretell my eulogy
I’ll fade away into modern mythology
A nameless soldier for all eyes to see
What war, hatred, and terror has done to me
As I stand in the rain with my shoulders aching, this mission painstaking
Forced to go against my principles about life taking
They say war is supposed to make a man out of you
But who the hell are you when your soul is ripped in two?
By the blood and the violence
And the deafening silence
Of the bodies everwhere
I’ve never been so scared
Of losing myself, I need to get help
Or else I’ll end up riding on a highway to Hell


"Without a word this uniform also whispers of freezing troops, injured bodies, and Americans left forever in foriegn fields. It documents every serviceman’s courage, who by accepting this uniform, promises the one gift he truly has to give - his life. I wear my uniform for heritage of sacrifice it represents and more. I wear my uniform with pride, for it represents the greatest nation of free people in the world."
-Captain Karen Dorman Kimmel
[ 22 October 2002: Message edited by: Mysticalis ]

 

[plazma]

While I understand and truly respect those who wear the uniform of any armed services, because they may not espouse the politics of the government and yet they have to perform the dirty work. The quote at the end shits me.

I wear my uniform for heritage of sacrifice it represents and more. I wear my uniform with pride, for it represents the greatest nation of free people in the world."
-Captain Karen Dorman Kimmel
Try telling that to the people of Panama, Diego Garcia and The Phillipines Captain Kimmel.
Because they're gon throw rocks at you. Patriotism is the single biggest force of evil in the world, and Jingoism comes second.
That said, big ups Mysticalis, because I've thought about joining the ADF (Australian Defence Force) recently, and I still may do it in the future, I don't believe the war on terrorism is just or right, or anything like that, I don't particularly believe that my country is great or right, but I would do service anyway. Accept your country, warts and all, no country is anywhere near innocent.
-plaz out-

 

[*Cosmic Mist*]

Yeah, this is good, and appropriately timed too...
Although i wouldn't go so far as to agree with you plaz, i believe that ignorance causes patriotism, along with a whole buch of other human diseases, thus technically ignorance is a bigger cause of the "evil" in this world...
but i quibble over terms... this is a nice chunk of food for thought...