Your Country

The shot fired and the young panicked,
the experienced stood there, ready to stand it.
Whatever "it" may be.
The cold, food with mold,
strain on the body, strain on the mind.
The young would change, it was only in due time.

Become the statue, the trained body,
ready to follow through,
adapt to obscure your mind from reality
but be an efficient soldier through and through.

Pick up your gun and ammunition,
it is a part of you! Bring this fight to full fruition!

Or stay behind and pay no mind,
if you want to leave your honor and country behind.