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Alone I stand at my post
My gun held up,
Searching for my target.
In the mist I see a man,
I look through my scope
He is the enemy,
I must do my job.
So I hold my gun up high,
I take aim for his heart,
My grip on the trigger tightens
This is it,
The last moment of life.
*BANG*
He falls to the ground
Without a sound.
"Confirm the kill"
Thats what we were told.
So I go through the mist
To where he once stood.
I look down on to realise,
He was just a kid.
He was surely only 17.
I had not only killed another,
I had killed a child,
Not even in his prime.
I look at my gun,
My hand begins to shake.
I collapse to the ground,
Tear flood to my eyes,
I screamed out loud,
"Why a child, why wasn't I told!"
So again I raise my gun high,
Take aim once more,
*BANG*
No more do I cry,
No more do I wonder why,
No more do I stay,
No more do I live.

Description
Alone I stand at my post
My gun held up,
Searching for my target.
In the mist I see a man,
I look through my scope
He is the enemy,
I must do my job.
So I hold my gun up high,
I take aim for his heart,
My grip on the trigger tightens
This is it,
The last moment of life.
*BANG*
He falls to the ground
Without a sound.
"Confirm the kill"
Thats what we were told.
So I go through the mist
To where he once stood.
I look down on to realise,
He was just a kid.
He was surely only 17.
I had not only killed another,
I had killed a child,
Not even in his prime.
I look at my gun,
My hand begins to shake.
I collapse to the ground,
Tear flood to my eyes,
I screamed out loud,
"Why a child, why wasn't I told!"
So again I raise my gun high,
Take aim once more,
*BANG*
No more do I cry,
No more do I wonder why,
No more do I stay,
No more do I live.