Poem I wrote about a dream I had, called Iraqi Dream March 20, 2011 at 6:00pm

I had a dream

Some may call it a nightmare

I would say it was more of a nightmare then a dream

Since the Army I’ve had nightmares

Nightmares are a reoccurring thing for me

In the nightmare

I was in the Army

Wearing my Army BDU’s

I was in Iraq

In the desert

The hot sun beating down on me

As sweat ran down my forehead

I was shooting Iraqi’s

One after another

The rag heads were dropping like flies

There was a house nearby in the middle of the desert

I quickly ran for cover and headed in the direction of the house

I ended up safely getting to the house

I was in my own house

I had my family living with me

Yet, in the dream it wasn’t my real family

I took cover near a window

Shooting and shooting my M16 through the window

I was killing these guys

I saw the hatred in their eyes

I saw their pain

They were being controlled by Sadam Husain

As was my parents were being controlled by him as well

We had become prisoners in our own home

I refused to become a prisoner

I was in the US Army

I was fighting for my country

I was fighting for my honor

I was fighting for my life

Fighting for our lives

I kept shooting

Shoot

Shoot to kill

That’s what I was taught in the Army

Shoot, shoot to kill

I never ran out of ammunition though

I had the blood of the Iraqi’s I murdered all over me

I was soaked in their blood

It was all over my face

It was all over my uniform

Their blood had splattered on me as I murdered them

In the cover of my home in the desert

As I murdered them and their blood splattered everywhere

No more of their blood was able to be splattered on me

I was too far away

My family sat there taking cover

I was defending us

Defending my own life

And my family’s life

I kept shooting Iraqi’s

Murdering them one by one

I was covered in their blood

Their limbs being dismembered

Their insides were all over me

Their brains went everywhere as I shot them with my M16

It’s as if there were millions of Iraqi’s

They kept coming from all around

And I kept shooting them one by one

Murdering every single one of them

Watching their blood splatter all over the place

Watching their limbs flying in all directions

Watching them being dismembered

Watching their eyes pop out of their sockets

Their brain matter ooze out of their heads

This nightmare went on all night

I eventually woke up

But since that dream I have still had nightmares like this