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Click hereWar's Vision - 3
Back at home base
Recovered from their mission;
These Special troops, the best there are
Face somber days ahead.
Their "Mickey's" gone
His premed studies ended;
Where he's at now
He'll trade his sniper scope
For the scope he'd always wanted.
Pieces of Joe Franks' bird
Lain out inside hushed hangar;
Autopsy to be performed
On this, his first coffin.
Joe Franks left much behind;
An unfinished doctoral thesis
A young surgeon wife
Precocious daughters, 8 and 5.
This Special troop gets much done
Funeral details performed, lost family adopted;
Missing troops are never replaced
Their vacant positions only filled.
Class work and training resumes
Lives' threads picked up;
Meanwhile, their next mission calls
Perpetual war grinds on...
© Leon Brozyna 2005
Author's Note: This concludes the trilogy.
A remembrance of every branch's Special Ops
Forces; among the finest specimens of humanity
it was my honor to support.
really says it all. though, i don't like war for all the wrong reasons, you've shown it from two sides of the coin. i admire that coming from one that knows a bit about military wheel.
loved the trilogy L~ a touching read and even deeper thanks to those Special forces.
Leon..
Not only did I enjoy your form, content and wordage but I must thank you from my heart for making others see the world of the Special Ops personnal. Many who scream about the horrors of war know nothing.... when you love one who holds this in their past you come to cherish our freedome and the sacrifice (which is life long...) that is made. Thank you and I bow humbly...
blessings
Du`
enjoyed the dedication to the souls who work so hard to carry the torch of freedom...coming from a military family ...I can relate...sighs/blue
Not a fan of war..
and thus nor its writing..
But you gave more to that,
and added the heart of a human,
instead of the mind of the machine.
These 3 poems, really gave me
another look into the
forces that are..
and seemingly will always be.
You gave WAR life,
and took it... for every action,
a reaction.. with its purpose and
cause, I could see visually all
these that you have written,
and that my friend, is a special
gift, and lasting tribute..
to those who serve.,
and to us, the humbled.
-sGp-