Why Is Gun Fire Important

Gun fire was a common feature in war, we all knew that leaving but no one prepared us for the horrors we were to see, the atrocities committed and the abuse of the field of battle. I remember the day we were told to leave home to fight off some enemy of the state. The government did not have enough soldiers to run the war in which they were funding. Ironic, instead of funding a new nation, here they were plotting its destruction. We grew accustomed to the smell of blood and rot and we rode on our fellow comrades bodies, mashing then into pulp. We slept in turns each period of relaxation less as we neared the heart of enemy territory. We were nearing the end of the road. After years of battles, millions of lives lost, homes decimated, crops

The enemy had maneuvered behind us and went forwards to attack our mother land. She was unprotected, bare as the day she was born. The soldiers rushed back home, to rescue the piece of heaven that the devils dared to take away. The unfortunate part of war is that hell follows the men; we are the tools of change; whether good or bad. We lost more men to fatigue and disease during our return than in the war. We had no time to wait, no time to carry the wounded. Death, vengeance and anger fueled our souls. We faced the same looming fear that our enemies faced. We had breached their walls and ventured into their country at the beginning of war. We had followed them in pursuit suffocating all that we encountered in the black smoke from artillery shells. The snake had led us deep within is its nest and turned to face its hunter, both without a way of escape. Blood flowed on the earth as I ran into my country, six months late; hoping by some luck that the enemy had not dealt the final blow. I walked into my neighborhood, the land I was born in. The smell of rot was thick in the area; each step grew heavy as I came closer to where my heart was. Mournful cries could be heard as most of the men found what they had been fighting for decimated beyond