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Machine guns blazing…
As the advance guard
Makes its approach
Targeting …and bracketing…
Leading the assault
…into the labyrinth…
Protection
Of the homeland,
And our families, a necessity…
Against
Oppressive forces,
Practicing inhumanity
Seeking to extinguish…
Our hold …on liberty…
Democracy
…they don’t believe…
Just Us, they say…
Exists “for us”
Though not
…for you and me…
Battle scarred remnants
Of the invading …horde…
Neutralizing …strong points
Key components …in the struggle
As the tides… begin to turn…
Soldiers perform miraculous feats
Courageous talents reach their peak
Demonstrating …focus…
With drive and intensity…
Cool, clean… methodical…
In the execution… of force…
Creating a cascade failure
Openly exposing weaknesses
To be readily exploited…
In effort to destroy
The enemies ability
…to respond, in kind
As the skirmishes …continue…
Younger soldiers gain confidence
Counter attacks
Are buffered and contained
Endgame nears…
Blood, sweat and tears
Lawmen, men of soul…
Step up… to the challenge…
Square off
Against their opponents
Taking aim… with principles engrained…
Battling principalities, nothings changed…
Empowered… in lessons learned over time
Enemy forces …begin to break…
First to the right, then to the left…
Good, bad… or ugly…
All, must face …the test…
Trying at first,
To fight their way out
Their bullets …and conscience, spent…
Lost souls… falling back …to earth…
Hearing the final call…
Ready or not …here, it comes…
Fearing a rout …making a last ditch
…effort to escape…too late,
Cut off from their intended route…
Left to surrender to their fate
Then, just drop their weapons
…and run…
Mortar rounds …exploding
Pounding targeted grounds
Phosphorus shells incinerate all remains
…to nothing dust… a fine bloody mist
Falling …like particulate rain
Wreaking havoc…
On the evil source…
Crying in pain…
Feeling the anguish…
As the fierce battle claims its due…
The killing storm follows its course
On those remaining few
Assessments …are made…
Tallies of graves planned
…losing more even as we gain…
Spiritual markers which turned the tides
Which ruled the day…
Wounded souls are tended
Loaded on carriages
Addressed respectfully
Prayed over …reflectively…
And …hauled away…
And all rejoice…
Once more, as…
One love, is…
All…
Restored
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