In Reply to: SOMETHING I MADE UP I HOPE YOU LIKE IT posted by Brian Seaton on August 07, 2008 at 13:03:37:
: MY EYES HAD JUST COME OPEN
: WHEN I HEARD THE BUGLE CALL
: TODAY WOULD HAVE NEW MEANING
: WHETHER I STAND OR FALL
: I STUMBLED TO THE MUSTER
: I LOOKED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
: THE MEN I SAW THERE STANDING
: WOULD BE WITH ME THROUGH THE FIGHT
: MY HEART STARTED BEATING FASTER
: IN MY EYE THERE WAS A TEAR
: BUT THERE WAS NO MAN AMONG US
: WHO WOULD DARE TO SHOW THEIR FEAR
:
: THE CANNON STARTED FIRING
: THE DUST LAY ALL AROUND
: MY STOMACHE STARTED KNOTTING
: AND MADE A RUMBLING SOUND
: IN A LINE WE STARTED FORWARD
: WE KNEW WE WOULD NOT STOP
: OUR NUMBERS THEY GOT THINNER
: AS ONE BY ONE WE DROPPED
: AS WE STARTED SLOWING DOWN
: NOT WISHING TO BE FIRST
: SOMEONE SHOUTED COME ON LADS
: LETS GIVE THEM ONE MORE BURST
: THEN AN OFFICER STEPPED FORWARD
: HIS UPPER LIP ALL STIFF
: COME ON LADS HE SHOUTED
: WE ARE THE 35th