Why Join?

       Enveloped with screaming awaiting for my eardrums to pop,

I shall sacrifice my country, yet to be forgot.

Suffused with fear, every so often I shed a tear,

I could feel death crawling towards me, getting louder- it was near.

 

Terror is soaked deep into my bones as waiting for my confidence to be found.

I envisioned myself compressed into dust, buried underground.

My heart was no longer beating properly, will I go insane?

Yet wounded soldiers screamed in excruciating pain.  

 

Bolshie bullets flying past me with excessive force and speed,

I am slowly giving up, my family is all I need.

Applying my gas-mask, my sight was blocked by the condensation,

I know I won’t make it alive but I shall fight for my nation.

 

I want to accomplish this war; this was my desire.

Yet I shall solemnly lay on top of the thick mud ready to fire.

I’ve lost count of my days, even weeks-how long has it been?

Well if I don’t make it, please God Save the Queen!

 

My enemies laugh at their oppositions for fun,

As I grievously carry my burden along with my gun.

Mixed emotions exploded inside of me

Like the powerful gunshots flying rapidly.

War is between life and death, just like a flip of a coin,

So whom who reads this, answer…why should you join?