USMC Poems
by Jim Curtis
Here are a few of the poems on my CD titled Semper Fi Marines. Please feel free to share these with others. As you may know November 10th is the Marine Corps Birthday so Marines everywhere will be celebrating the same:
1) A BOY'S DREAM
WHEN I WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY
SOMETIMES I'D SIT ALONE
AND DREAM ABOUT ADVENTURES
IN PLACES FAR FROM HOME
I'D BE A TALL, STRONG HERO
AND WITH OTHERS OF MY ILK
FIGHT FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
OF LADIES DRESSED IN SILK
AND ALSO FOR THEIR CHILDREN
THAT LOOKED ALOT LIKE ME
SITTING ON BIG PORCHES
CAUGHT UP IN THEIR DREAMS
2) DOC
I CAN'T RECALL HIS GIVEN NAME
WE ALWAYS CALLED HIM DOC
BUT I DO REMEMBER ALL THE TIMES
THE TWO OF US WOULD TALK
HE REALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN WAR
AND SAID THAT HE WAS SCARED
BUT WHEN WE CALLED CORPSMAN UP
I NEVER SAW THAT FEAR
HE'D RISK IT ALL TO SAVE A LIFE
AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD CRY
BUT ONLY WHEN WE LOST A MAN
OR HEARD A FRIEND HAD DIED
SO HERE'S TO HIM THAT LONG LOST FRIEND
THAT PUSHED ASIDE HIS FEAR
AND IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN
I'LL REFER TO HIM AS SIR!
3) WHERE WERE YOU IN 69
WHERE WERE YOU IN 69
WHILE I WAS IN THE NAM
SITTING IN A ROOM SOMEWHERE
LISTENING TO A SONG
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD BACK THEN
AND THE PARTIES GOING ON
WHILE WE HID BEHIND THE BUSHES
WAITING FOR THE CONG
WHERE WERE YOU IN 69
WHILE I WAS IN THE NAM
MARCHING FOR THE OTHER SIDE
AND SCREAMING WE WERE WRONG
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD BACK THEN
AND HOW YOU HATED US
WHILE WE HUMPED ALONG THE ROADSIDE
AND TAUGHT THE KIDS TO CUSS
WHERE WERE YOU IN 69
WHILE I WAS IN THE NAM
STANDING BY YOUR NEIGHBORS FENCE
TALKING ABOUT YOUR LAWN
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD BACK THEN
AND JUST HOW PROUD YOU'D BE
WHILE WE TORCHED AND SHELLED THE TREE LINES
TO KILL THE ENEMY
WHERE WERE YOU IN 69
WHILE I WAS IN THE NAM
LYING IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB
WAITING FOR THE DAWN
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD BACK THEN
AND HOW WE'D RAISE YOU RIGHT
wHILE WE CRIED AND PRAYED TO JESUS
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
4) THE FIGHTING FIRST MARINES
OH SAY MARINE ALL DRESSED IN GREEN
WITH RIFLE BY YOUR SIDE
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE TWO OF YOU
CAN TURN THE BATTLE'S TIDE
MISS IT ISN'T JUST THE TWO OF US
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS THAT WAY
MARINES THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU
FIGHT WITH US EVERY DAY
AND SO YOU SEE THE ENEMY
DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE
CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL THOUSAND LEATHERNECKS
HERE TO KICK HIS ASS
OH SAY MARINE ALL DRESSED IN GREEN
WITH RIFLE BY YOUR SIDE
YOU MUST BE ONE OF CHESTY'S BOYS
YOUR HEART IS FILLED WITH PRIDE !