South China Sea Winds blow by Gary Jacobson © 2001 When South China Sea winds blow O’er heroes crosses row upon row Caressing my fighting hole Fermenting my soul Washing over my warrior brow Pungent sweet and sour breath Acrid unto war’s blessed death No peace on earth in hearts we hold With hatred hot and sweating cold Before my time grown so very old. When South China Sea winds blow Beware the dusky foe As artillery rolls o’erhead Sounding as thunder claps outgoing O’er soldiers in silent night sleeping Enough to wake the weary dead To envision killing looming At the bottom of my hole hunkering Sounding not like a chorus of angels singing But artillery incoming. When South China Sea winds blow Great fears within me grow I rise as if from the dead Hair trigger itching On a thin fine line of dread Every nerve on edge listening To men preoccupied with my dying Every tense fiber alarming Every tiniest sound hearing I’m tired, I’m hungry Preparing for life’s ending Just doing my duty. . When South China Sea winds blow Cool breezes o’er me gently floe I dream of going home Looking out o’er South China Sea White with foam Every day Take me home This insane war achingly weary My foolish eyes hath seen Horrors as boyhood values careen In war obscene. When South China Sea winds blow Men reap what they sow Blazing fire under heat of sun Hatred begets hatred Dodging bullets from angered gun With my last vestiges of sanity Sanctify This new set of senses in me bred For my warrior life imbed Innocent inhibition fled. When South China Sea winds blow Setting off a battle concerto In harrowed killing stigmas Growing guilt’s retained Forevermore you never forget In hearts forever ingrained You never forget Hoary battle intertwined The warrior’s fervent pride In trauma ridden regret. When South China Sea winds blow War winds o’er you billow Brothers fast by your side Facing the prospect abide Of dying young War’s tincture staining Boyhood lives wrung With such intensity monsoons raining Mournful in knells rung We won’t be singing hallelujahs! When South China Sea winds blow Awakening within youth so callow Grizzled into a hard corps fighting man This hardened warrior in Vietnam Ominously wondering at right or wrong A toll too deep For lives lingering too long Desperately sung ‘peace on earth’s’ fading song No joy in cheer here Not for this God forsaken year South China Sea winds still blow Going commando O’er my fighting hole Fermenting my soul With pungent sweet and sour breath Fevered unto blessed death Sweating cold Grown so very old Before my time In combat’s motley rhyme! See the South China Sea behind me?
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:07:58 +0000
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