if you would like to, reply with constructive criticism, this is my "poetry/music" blog lol

Please keep in mind before I start writing, that this is written to be heard (as all slam poetry is), so if you're unfamiliar with slam poetry you may want to look some examples up on Youtube, they're not hard to find.  I recommend "Black Irish" particularly (one of my favorites) along with Taylor Mali's "What Teachers Make".

Pop Pop
3 o'clock
He's down
Shit, one at your 9.
Good he's down.
Fuuuuuck take cover
SHIT 6 O'CLOCK

Dammit, Ben
I told you 6 O'clock,
now I gotta drag your ass
back to the medic.

No, this is not war,
not in real life anyway.

This war you'll hear shouts
not just about the enemy but to them

"Call your hit!"
"Didn't feel it, sorry!"
or
"Dude, you scared the piss outta me!"
or even
"Whoa, where's respawn?"

Yes, this is the warzone of an Airsofter.
one war that has guns looking real
and bb's that won't hurt but...so bad.

"Shit shit shit ow, too close asshole"
"My bad, bro, you came out of nowhere"

The one thing that separates us
from those who go and fight them for real.

We get to go home at the end of the day.
No matter how many times we get shot.
But we know the dangers the real soldiers and marines go through every day.
You may not find any real dead bodies in an airsoft field,
but the day a real marine, or a real soldier shows up,
they get nothing but respect from us.

We thank them each time we meet them.
We ask for pointers tactically, sure,
but above all else we thank them for
risking their asses as well as their friend's
for ours here at home.

Because of them we know we are safe,
even though some wars they fight aren't ours.

This is why it makes me sick when I hear people
criticize the men and women who don't have a choice
but to go out there and fight for us.
Every day they get shot, they shoot,
they die, and they kill for real.

Out there there is no "call your hit"
out there there is no "respawn"
out there, is life or death.
Yet they go to it again and again,
willingly and unwillingly,
because they know if it ever happened here,
they'd need the experience to fight for us
and protect us.

So the next time you see a soldier
a Marine
a Navy Sailor
or an Airforce Pilot/MP
give them a thanks
a handshake
or even a friendly nod
cuz when they come back home
they need to see that those who they serve
are grateful and know,
this war was not their choice.

"War"

So...not my best piece at all, but I'll work on it some on and off.