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sneak241
Sun Nov 18 2001 at 20:06:22
I am now on the
boat
back to the
States
. It has barely been a few months since I was in another boat headed in the
opposite direction
, but it seems like
forever
. I find some
amusement
(the only amusement, in fact) in reading my entries in this
journal
. How could I know what was to happen? I was just a
boy
when I left. Now the
wounds
on my
body
as well as those in my
mind
are constant reminders of my
rude awakening
. All I know now is that I am
changed forever
. I don't know how the
war
is doing now, and quite
frankly
I don't care anymore
. The
army
has brought me nothing but a
chance
at a
quicker death
; there is
nothing
that I
owe
it now. It still
shocks
me what supposedly '
civilized
' people would do to each other on the field of
battle
. I had no idea where I was headed when I stepped off this boat so few weeks ago. I still get
dreams
at night that I'm still
running
through the battlefield, just running and
running as fast as I can
until I don't see anyone around me and I still keep on running. I see the
mangled bodies
of my
fellow soldiers
everywhere. Eventually the
shell
hits me; even when I know that it's coming I can't get away from it.
I wake up screaming
and
bathed in sweat
. The people around here are so used to
crazy people
coming back from the war that it doesn't
scare
them.
Sleep is of no comfort anymore
. Instead, I sit around on the
deck
staring at the
sea
.
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