Come with me
Back in time
Helmand summer heat
The land of no feet
Twenty-minute sleeps
Patrolling streets
Irrigation leaps
Metal detector sweeps
Pressure plates squeeze
Erupting IED’s
Pink mist we see
Blast craters deep
Interpreters deceive
Murdery athletes
Thunderous heartbeats
Enemies we defeat
Wake up
Repeat
Justin Eggen is a father, award-winning poet, 2x combat veteran, student and a native to Palm Beach County FL, who served in the United States Marine Corps from 2008-2012 as a Combat Engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division.
Outside the Wire: A US Marine’s Collection of Combat Poems and Short Stories by Justin Eggen
The Art of Warrior Poetry by Justin Eggen
The Sun Rises in Helmand by Justin Eggen
From Now, Until Death…I Shall by Justin Eggen
War & Select Poems by Justin Eggen (from which the poem above is taken)
Adahy by Justin Eggen
Teufelhunden 1918 by Justin Eggen
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