Michael DuBose:
CLASS OF 1966
Thomas Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1966
San antonio, TX
Michael's Story
Life
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Dear Joe
I am begging you, my dear young friend, do not go and fight their war.
Their skillfully crafted promises of gold and treasure and glory
Are truly there but come at a price much higher than their worth,
And only made to ease your mind and your loving Mother's worries.
The pretty pictures of brave young men playing soccer,
And those dressed so neatly, clean and freshly shaved;
Giving candy and toys away to smiling children all around
Are grossly out of place and are events terribly mishapped.
What they will not tell or show you, is the blood upon them
Where they once held a dying friend in their arms.
They do not tell you of endless days and sleepless nights
Or of living in fear of the the next explosion or alarm.
They do not tell you want its like, to live a month or more
The only cleansing to be had, rain that falls upon the land,
Or what its like to crave a cool place or a sm...Expand for more
all piece of shade.
Or always sleep with a weapon of death held tightly in your hand.
They will not tell you of the screams of those who lay dying.
Close enough for you to help, but far enough to be beyond your reach.
They do not tell you that you learn not to feel or cry for the pain inside
For to do so would suck your strength and spirit like a bloody leech.
And they will make pretty speeches about "either him or me",
And how the evil one before you is just a nameless weapon of the war.
But they do not explain that that weapon walks and talks and dreams
And when you take that life it will remain in your mind forever more.
So, I beg of you, my kind young friend, hear the tears that fill my heart;
And please , oh I ask you please to consider the cost of all that glory.
Believe me for I know, it is not worth it, at ten times the bounty they pay.
To find yourself bathed in the blood of friend or foe, is not worth all their gold.
M.DuBose \ Feb 2006
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