Expendable

 
    
       I know you people mean well
     You want to say the right thing
        But some of your "Opinions"
        You shouldn't say anything
 
       You have an attitude about us
       That's tainted and regrettable
       Just because we volunteered
       Our lives became expendable

       You hide behind hero worship
          Wave your flag and shout
         But catch you in a moment
         Then the truth comes out

     We know what you really think
            Savages and murderers
            It wasn't that long ago
         You called us baby burners

      I got no lessons left to learn
      My purpose has been done
   So you can stop f*****g telling me
        My journey's just begun

  You don't know what your saying
     So shut your f*****g mouth
        Everyone has an "opinion"
        This is what mine's about

Reviews

[Kaylor Mason]

I came from a military family, and I had relatives that went through hell on earth when they got back from Vietnam, because of what the American people did to them . . . because of what their own civilian friends did to them. It was truly sick. The sickest part is that most of the soldiers that took this abuse were drafted; they were given no choice

[chandlerl]

Powerful, it hits home in ways I didn't even know it could.

[Baby Ricochet]

I was really pissed off at someone on this site when I wrote this. I know most folks view veterans in a positive light.

[lee von cleef]

Stepping across a lot of carpets with your boots on,but hey it is provocative, who likes white any way.

[Ama May Cooper]

A very powerful and well presented piece , spoken with honest hurt for the way you have been represented.
My belief on it all is that yes you are a murderer, in fact that is the case but was nesscary for survival, you and all those that marched beside you are heros all teh same, it is a shame that these heoric acts must lead to so much bloodshed in another mans name.
It is not the soilders fault for what they must do, they accept that they will have to do his from the start, and choose despite knowing that there acts are going to bring about such brutaility.
The real person at fault is those that ordered the war, not the heores that got swept up in a blood thirsty tide.

[AYVID N]

Well...Not everyone thinks like that Baby.
Everyone has some others thinking not so good of them. So we all have reason to be bitter. More so in your case. We understand. And we like you. A lot.

Could you cheer up a bit please? It's Sunday. :(

[Baby Ricochet]

I know they don't. I was really pissed off at the time

[Patricia B. Hepler]

Yes.
~pat

[Bruce Bender]

THAT is good. raw.... Minor Threat style

[Annabelle Lee]

Well said.

[Frieda P]

I do love you sharing this part of yourself with me, us...here. There's much passion and fury in these writes when you do. It can felt jumping off the page.

[Marie]

Everyone is expendable. Soldiers. Everyone. Me.