Pallet Paint Spills On The Beat
It Pours Like A Village Creek
My Water Colors Are The Tears When Poor Children Weep
If This Hell On Earth I Pray My Eyes Open But Im Still Asleep
ZZZ's Over My Head Atop Pillows And Sheets
Snored As I Dreamt
Portraits Of Unfortunate Events
These Nightmares Happen Right Here Feel The Horror Suspense
From The Quarters In A Tent
To The Adrenaline Of Soldiers In A War Trench
I Took Cover Behind A Wall For Defense
Unstrapping My Helmut As I Kneeled Over And Threw Up From This Horrible Stench
From Bodies Decomposing Around Me
Staring At The Soil I Clenched
I Hear The Sounds Of Mortals Slaughtered From The Mortar Attempts
Misery Misty In My Eyes Visibly They Rise To The Skies
"Dear Father Help Me To Absorb A Warriors Strength"
Then And There Amongst The Chaos I Swore To Repent
I Proceeded To Strap My Helmut Cause I Knew Without It On I'm Just Another Naked Target
For An A-K Cartridge
Slowly I Looked Around The Corner Taking It Cautious
More Shots Fired A Soldier Screams "Grenade!" And Dodged It
Another One Cries "For Gods Sake!!...The Carnage!"
A Few Feet Away I Recognized Marcus
Cool Cat From Some Place In Wisconsin
Two Kids And A Wife Named Jocelynn
We Both Shared A Passion For Weapons And Trained Constant
He Was Known For His Aim As A Marksman
Now Face Up Barely Conscious
Screaming In Pain After Coming Into Contact With A Satchel
That The Enemy Planted Seems They Seen Him And Detonated The Charges
I Raced Towards Him Smoke Still Escaping His Garments
Face To Face "He Asked Me How Does It Look"?
Then Forced A Laugh And Said "Be Straight...Honest"
Shocked I Waited To Respond With
A Cliche "It'll Be Okay I Promise"
But Couldnt Find The Right Way To Comment
His Eyes Teared As He Appeared To Stare At Space Comets
Knowing He'd Never Get To See His Daughters Graduate College
I Froze With My Face Astonished
Severe Shaking Half His Body Disintegrated As He Faded Into Darkness
A Medic Zig-Zagging Through A Maze Of Carcusses
The First Aid Crosses On His Backpack
I Sat Back Til' He Arrived Only To Ask Me "Am I Too Late??...I Nodded"
We Both Fell Silent For A Moment.....
Then Ducked, Dust Flew As Bullets Richochet'd
With One Hand On My Rifle
One Hand On My Helmut We Both Split Ways
Hearing Whispers Traded Over Walkie Talkies
Signal Corps Frequency Waves
Stepping Over Shell Cases Previously Sprayed
Dirt In The Scratches Of My Ceasar Fade
I See A Vague Image In The Distance
Approximately 20 Yards Away A Patiently Positioned
Sniper In A Ghillie Suit Beige Tinted
My Face Enraged With A Grimace
But Concentrated As My Fingers
Reached For The Sheath With The Blade In It
I Slowly Dropped As I Crawled Towards Him
Knife In My Mouth These Were His Fatal Minutes
Staying Low To Earth I Remained Out Of His Range Of Vision
Planes Whizzing Overhead With The Wings Missing
Gasoline And Flames Mixing
Black Smoke As It Crashes In An Observation Post
Two Enemies On Turrets One Looking Through Binocular Scopes
By This Time Im A Few Feet Away From The Main Victim
Crawling Around To Attack From The Rear
My Heart Pounding Out My Chest Hush My Breath To Refrain It From Skipping
Now Im Inches From Him Hes Paying Attention
Eye Glued To The Lens Or So I Thought
As I Rose To Attack He Let A Shot Go Off...*Bloaw*
Frozen I Paused I Didnt Make A Motion Or Cough
Quickly I Grabbed The Back Of His Head
And Time Seemed To Freeze As Cold Steel Slit His Jugular Vein
Bergundy Blood Rained From The Fresh Wound That He Couldnt Sustain
Surprisingly I Felt A Subtle Emptiness  
Like A Robot I Question If I Mentally Exist
Am I Meant For This???
My Thoughts Distracted As Shots From A Sentry Miss
Inches From My Appendages...I Clench My Fists
Running Towards A Safe Haven A Bunker
Avoiding The Bullets Of A Crazed Gunner
To Be Continued As I Recollect The War That I See Upon
..........My Loose Leaf Vietnam.........
(Costa Outro):...*Yo Ima Run Out Of Beat Man*...
Imagine Attempting To Blend In Playing Possum In A Pile Of Dead Comrades
Trying To Slow Your Heartbeat Down Cause You're Outnumbered And Theres No Where To Go
Wondering How Long You'll Have To Stay That Way...When Will They Leave??...
My Visions.......

Wow, you took me there Ms Thick thank you for sharing...