Semper Fidelis, young Marine.
Found out today that someone I knew was killed in Iraq by small arms fire. Rest in peace my friend.
I sat and pondered on how I felt, and it was rather disconcerting. While I was quite shocked and saddened to hear about it, I wasn't really affected like some others were. I don't really like that. It's almost like I'm desensitized to death, and I don't think anyone should be like that. Perhaps on the battlefield, in the heat of battle, it's something that can keep you alive, but I'm not on a battlefield. I'm far from it actually. It's very odd...I'm not quite sure what to think of it. If I count all the people I know that have died since I graduated high school, it's a large number; nine. Nine people I have known had passed on within the past 4 years.
The other thing I thought about is how easily that could have been myself. It was an eye opener. Ok, I'm done thinking about death...
I sat and pondered on how I felt, and it was rather disconcerting. While I was quite shocked and saddened to hear about it, I wasn't really affected like some others were. I don't really like that. It's almost like I'm desensitized to death, and I don't think anyone should be like that. Perhaps on the battlefield, in the heat of battle, it's something that can keep you alive, but I'm not on a battlefield. I'm far from it actually. It's very odd...I'm not quite sure what to think of it. If I count all the people I know that have died since I graduated high school, it's a large number; nine. Nine people I have known had passed on within the past 4 years.
The other thing I thought about is how easily that could have been myself. It was an eye opener. Ok, I'm done thinking about death...