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Brutally vivid images
Burned in the brain
Indescribable horrors
Never the same again

Innocent eyes
Witnessing hell
Hollowing visions
Loathsome to tell

Occasional remembrance
Shuddering with dread
Reliving the horror
Wading through the dead

Blood drenched beach
Young lives shattered
Limbs strewn about
Boys lay scattered

Bullets and mortars
Shredding young flesh
Screaming for Mama
Many succumb to death

So many miles away
So many lost souls
So many crying boys
So many years ago

Blessed will be
My eternal sleep
Nightmares will end
Peace will come to me