• He had to go to a far away land.
    It was hidden in sand.
    It was somewhere in the east.
    He kissed his girlfriend good-bye.
    He’d thought about how she’d cry.
    War was a beast.

    He got on the ship.
    Away his mind would slip.
    War made people mad.
    He made new friends.
    Good times there had been.
    He would lose everything he had.

    There was blood all around.
    It covered the ground.
    His buddies were gone.
    He heard the sirens sound.
    The Lts. orders were drowned.
    The chaos ended at dawn.

    After the bomb has been dropped.
    The war had stopped.
    The troops returned home.
    His mind was intact.
    He wished his friends could come back.
    He was alone.