One Slip

I’ve seen things you can only imagine.
Horrors you can’t.
I’ve seen love, happiness, sorrow and death all in one day.
I’ve felt the pain of separation.
I bear the burden of pain never to be healed.
Pain of friends long gone,
Who never started their lives.

I’m still frustrated by the undefeatable enemy
Who I know is waiting out there for me still.
I am angered over the small mistakes that cost hundreds of lives.

One slip, that is all it takes.

I hate the generals who gave unbelievable orders that could not be obeyed.
They did not care.
They could “afford” to lose so many.
We couldn’t.
They were our friends… my friends.

One slip to take us to our ends.

Maybe not physically, but also spiritually.
Scarred on the inside and outside.

So while I suffer many years on,
Enduring my pain silently.
All you can do is laugh and not believe.
Taking it for granted.
No respect for those gone or still here.
And all you can say is Lest We Forget?
Why?
So while you may not care about my story,
Listen to me now.

One slip, that is all it takes.