the
sun rises in a golden glow
over a
beautiful land
with
golden sand, majestic mountains
towering trees, flowering shrubs
cities with lovely, unfamiliar buildings
intriguing twists and turns
domes
and turrets
a
land he dare not become attached to
interesting people he dare not get to know
foreign soil, an enemy land
where
he is the stranger
gun on his shoulder
grenades on his belt
where at any time he may be called upon
to
shoot and kill the people
explode to rubble the homes
offices, shops, libraries, museums
destroy the lives of innocent people
who
happen to get in the way
of
destroying the enemy army
who
threaten his own life
and
it sickens him, makes him retch
while
it toughens him
turns him into a kind of monster
where will it end?
Who
will save him
and the people in this
beautiful foreign land?
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