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I Don't Know |
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You don't know about war
You weren't there in my
fight
You didn't do anything at all
You don't have a
right
Who gave you such insight
No matter where or
when
Fighting in a war is hell
There is blood and loss
Cries of pain Medic yell
Stories that you can't tell
I was fresh out of school
Wet behind the ear
In
service three months
He picked up an RPG souvenir
A
grenade blew him clear
It happened so fast
The
blast deafened me
Stupidity forever lasts
There was
nothing to see
They dug his tags from a tree
I
don't know about war
I don't have a care
It cannot be
that I know
I wasn't over there
I was a kid playing
with teddy bear
Drug interdiction missions
Helicopter hit and crash
To hot to complete the drop
They leave in mass
Alone pull victory from our ass
Several good men dead
Burned beyond recognition
The cover up begins
Not defending the nation
It was a
training mission
I don't know about war
I wasn't
there you see
I didn't go to Vietnam
I can't have PTSD
What a crock of malarkey
Frostbitten fingers, toes
earlobes and nose
Waiting on the DMZ
Will they come
who knows
Visibility lost it snows
Can't stand up
straight
Pain killers for back and knee
Walk with a
cane or staff
Keep the chair away from me
I long to be
free
I don't know war
I'm just a "Gulf War Baby"
It's just a video game now
No more danger to see
No
one gets hurt not me.
To fight for some reason
Five times I've had to go
Even after medical discharge
Fought in sand, jungle, and snow
War nobody should know |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2002
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October 21, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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