by Johanna Taylor

Created on: May 16, 2008

Bright blue sky
Clear day
Officers yelling frenzied orders
Shooting
Kill the enemy before they kill you
What am I fighting for?

Tanks roar
Bombs drop in the distance
Manmade thunder
Soldiers run, peppering the trees with their machine guns
Do your duty, but try to survive
What am I fighting for?

A man falls
His eyes are still open
Just enough to see the red wound on his chest
His squad goes on
One stays behind, grabs his tag and runs
Dignity is forgotten
Get in the chopper
What am I fighting for?

Birds chirp
Red patches of blood mar the battlefield
After the battle, it is a field
Nothing more
The sky is still blue
In the end, what am I fighting f

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