Literature
Warsong
What is is about war that sings to a man's soul?
In the still of the night,
In the dawn's early light.
In the thunder of ocean waves
and naval guns.
In the grind and clatter of tracks,
engines' grumble, boom and roar.
In the smell of old uniforms,
mothballed after too many parades.
In a tri-folded flag.
In a green field, patterened
with silent, bright white stones.
In the secret tongue of ribbons,
patches, badges, stripes -
Where have you been? What have you done?
In the familiarity of arms;
the cold, solid comfort of weapons.
In the drill and practice,
Repetition, rhythm, cadence.
In the precision and focus.
In the sil