Routine Patrol

Weapons loaded, Kevlar on
Don't know how long they will be gone
Helmets tight, backpacks ready
Thoughts of the mission nerves steady
Squad stands together before their patrol
We all return home together , that's our goal
Routine Patrol through 2 towns
Shots ring out 2 men down
TAKE COVER!! Is all you hear.
You fire your weapon with anger and fear
You continue to shoot you know the enemy is near
Radio comes alive as you call for help
Fear like this you've never felt
Helicopters firing from the sky
You take cover so you don't die
Battles over, your patrol survived, everyone goes home alive
Routine Patrol this was all it was supposed to be
Enemy everywhere you can't see
Every day you pray you survive
All you want to do is get home alive




Poetry by ternic2005
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Written on 2015-12-04 at 03:22

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Well described. We cannot imagine how hard it is for them.
2015-12-09


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Very well wrote , ternic. You write , with good understanding , of what , combat is like. I like your use of the word '' survive ''. In all the interrvierws I have read and seen in interviews with , those who have been in combat , is the word '' I survived ''. My dads , father , only went to one armistose , cremeny , and stop useiong , a club ment for suvivoers of WW1 , as most of the members had not been in the war. He got very angrey at those who , were not in The War , and yet , made speeches about somethinmg they had no idear about whjte batles wewre like! . So he and his comraidfs who had been THEAR , sat in a pub , and remberde as only they could. Abstond friends , pal's.
Keep writeing , ternic , please. You could look on YouTube , view vidios , of combat in Vietnam , take notes , and create , builld a story-poem , from wate you see. REmber you ARE A WRITER , so your only limet is what you set your imagination. :)

All the best , Ken :) ;)
2015-12-07


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Very well wrote , ternic. You write , with good understanding , of what , combat is like. I like your use of the word '' survive ''. In all the interrvierws I have read and seen in interviews with , those who have been in combat , is the word '' I survived ''. My dads , father , only went to one armistose , cremeny , and stop useiong , a club ment for suvivoers of WW1 , as most of the members had not been in the war. He got very angrey at those who , were not in The War , and yet , made speeches about somethinmg they had no idear about whjte batles wewre like! . So he and his comraidfs who had been THEAR , sat in a pub , and remberde as only they could. Abstond friends , pal's.
Keep writeing , ternic , please. You could look on YouTube , view vidios , of combat in Vietnam , take notes , and create , builld a story-poem , from wate you see. REmber you ARE A WRITER , so your only limet is what you set your imagination. :)

All the best , Ken :) ;)
2015-12-07