The shells burst around me, my first battle has begun. <br />I could tell with metal flying this was not for fun. <br />I flopped in a hole that was tilled with rank muck, <br />surely I thought this would bring me luck. <br />Bullets came closer, soon I knew this burrow was not so hot. <br />I prayed, and I prayed God made them bad shots. <br />One tore my shoulder, I decided to flee, <br />crawling through the mud till a medic I could see. <br />A ticket to home this wound did impart. <br />Now I'm a vet and a hero with a purple heart.<br /><br />Angelo Ventresco<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-a-day-hero/
