Airborne Assault(June 6th 1944).

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Goldenrose
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0 posted 2004-05-10 06:44 AM

Approaching the French coast,
tracer fire rising in streams.
One minute to go, then the red
light, followed by green four seconds later.

Hands sticky with sweat,
then red light on.
Red gone, then green on,
clutching harness, i rush into the slipstream.

Feeling a gentle tug at my shoulders,
the clack of the opening canaopy,
through the dark midnight i sailed,
below me lay i knew not what.

No moon rose in the night,
our eyes already accostomed to the dark.
Hitting the ground with a thud,
i punched my quick release until it dropped free.

Ready for what lay ahead,
i stole myself for action,
the night strangely quiet.
We must be one of the first, no gunfire.

My fellow soldiers were soon with me,
we scrambled into a ditch,
to await the bombing Lancasters.
Humming above our heads, they came.

Tearing through the air, the bombs
began to fall, screaming shattered silence.
Hurling ourselves to the ground,
taking cover from explosions.

Shaking ground and falling trees,
clods of earth and opening craters.
Hands on necks and arms over ears,
we lay in anti-blast positions.

Suddenly silence was all around,
our planes gone into the distance.
Now smoke and dust clung to the air, obliterating everything.

Feelings of being killed at any moment,
courage to overcome the fear so strong,
mine fields and deep lagoons.
Friends hit by machine gun fire.

Loosing granades, then taking prisoners.
Moaning wounded laying all about,
Sten guns firing, killing the enemy.
Firing until all went quiet.

Shooting at close range, using bayonet,
the battle moving at speed.
Rising smell of cordite, thick on the air,
stomach churning odour of torn flesh.

This is war for freedom,
war for liberation, war for good.
Evil defeated, future secure.
Never forget the sacrifice.

''There is no need for temples, no need for complicated Philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness''- Dalai Lama

passing shadows
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1 posted 2004-05-10 07:43 AM

hard-hitting!

LucidityNow
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since 2001-02-06

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2 posted 2004-05-10 07:50 AM

It really captures the feel of the second world war. Great read.

and i'm certain that if i drive into those trees, it would make less of a mess, than she's made of me...

A Romantic Heart
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3 posted 2004-05-10 08:02 AM

Brilliant!

A materpiece of words...

You never cease to amaze me with your thoughts and talent...

Love you~
~ARH

Open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, let me come in and show you love.....~ARH

iliana
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4 posted 2004-05-10 09:56 PM

Very good writing!

Goldenrose
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5 posted 2004-05-11 05:14 AM

Thank you everyone....(esp ARH)....your words are so very kind..but i just write the words...it was the extremely brave allied forces that faught the war i have just decribed for REAL that made the poem..we owe them SO much....thank you once again..

Goldenrose.

''There is no need for temples, no need for complicated Philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness''- Dalai Lama

garysgirl

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6 posted 2004-05-11 06:34 AM

Phil, this touched my heart and made me think.
We sometimes tend to forget what a great price many
paid for our freedom...and are still paying.
My Dad was in World War II and I've heard stories
all my life about his experiences. He still has
nightmares at times about things that happened
while he was stationed in Germany.
Thanks for this.
Hugs,
Ethel

Sunshine

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7 posted 2004-05-11 07:25 AM

Check your mail, Phil!

LeeJ
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8 posted 2004-05-11 10:27 AM

I cannot imagine...this was powerfully written and felt. Thank you for sharing.

Startime55
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9 posted 2004-05-11 10:49 AM

Stunningly Powerful....We will never forget as long as words that touch the soul are written by those who know the price that is paid....Magnificent....

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

10 posted 2004-05-11 10:56 AM

Powerful write...so well said!!!
~Heart hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

Earth Angel
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11 posted 2004-05-11 11:10 AM

~ And a poem such as this will ensure we never forget the sacrifices made by those who secured our freedom.

A gripping write that brought the reader into the horror of a battlefield.

EA

JamesMichael
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12 posted 2004-05-12 02:56 AM

NIce writing...we won't forget the sacrifice...at one time I worked at a furniture company with a World War 2 veteran...he said at first they were disoriented and scared but when their buddies started falling around them they got mad and determined and got on with it...James

ThisDiamond
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13 posted 2004-05-13 10:27 AM

Thank you for leading us here...
You inspire and I appreciate.
TD

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