Post by Soldier 76 on Aug 6, 2016 0:05:12 GMT
Living in Indiana was…dull. Dull enough that half my friends were ready to move on looking to join the military. There was excitement in going off to war, excitement that corn fields never really conjured. I’d figured that’s where I’d be too, off the farm, out in the world doing what was right. At least what I figured had to be right.
All the posters, they said “Join and see the world” or “Make a difference” every one of them made it seem like the world out there was just waiting to be saved. Any average farm boy would see the thrill in it. It was a life I’d love to lead. Maybe someday I’d be more than just enlisted, maybe I’d lead a team of kids just like me and we’d save the day.
…Things don’t work out how you imagine. The idealism of youth is stripped away, replaced with bitter truths. You save the day but there is still evil left; you do everything you can to keep your men safe, in the end they still fall. You do everything you can and in the end even those you trust the most can betray you.
I had all of what I’d accomplished ripped out of my hands, and burned. My team, my friends, even my life. I went on a mission, after all the bodies had been buried, and I had disappeared. I had to know the truth, I had to know the culprits. I don’t know if its vengeance I want, or peace. To know would be enough, to expose them to the world would be better.
I just hope at the end of it, some part of me finds the will to hope again, for this world to change. For the people on it to come together. For good to conquer evil.
All the posters, they said “Join and see the world” or “Make a difference” every one of them made it seem like the world out there was just waiting to be saved. Any average farm boy would see the thrill in it. It was a life I’d love to lead. Maybe someday I’d be more than just enlisted, maybe I’d lead a team of kids just like me and we’d save the day.
…Things don’t work out how you imagine. The idealism of youth is stripped away, replaced with bitter truths. You save the day but there is still evil left; you do everything you can to keep your men safe, in the end they still fall. You do everything you can and in the end even those you trust the most can betray you.
I had all of what I’d accomplished ripped out of my hands, and burned. My team, my friends, even my life. I went on a mission, after all the bodies had been buried, and I had disappeared. I had to know the truth, I had to know the culprits. I don’t know if its vengeance I want, or peace. To know would be enough, to expose them to the world would be better.
I just hope at the end of it, some part of me finds the will to hope again, for this world to change. For the people on it to come together. For good to conquer evil.
