A Stench of Death and Gunpowder

Day 3,205, 05:29 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom by James Warren

There I was, just a short distance from the action.
Many people laid there lifeless as my legs shuffled through the sea of dead bodies. I have not seen so many in my entire life. How could I cope with this? The most difficult part was that I knew these men while they were alive. I could not get over the fact that they perished with such haste. War is a damn thing.. An unforgivable curse on mankind that will continue on long as my soul leaves this Earth. These people, my brothers and sisters, had families that have yet to know of their fate. Their reactions to their loved ones demise was racing through my mind. Have you ever had so many thoughts cross your mind at once? I was on the brink of losing all of my humanity. My mind felt entirely weak as I continued to step over these bodies. A river of tears came falling off my pale cheeks. I was not a strong man. Those I was serving with were stronger than me a thousand times over.

"Why must we fight a rich man's war!?"
A pointless war. But we feel obligated to still fight.. What kind of mental hold do these people that claim to be our superiors have over us? I don't about you, but at this point I feel as if I broke some sort of mental chain that was leashed around my brain. I am below no man.. I am equal. You are equal.




James Warren