Dancing On A Land Mine by Paul Stewart Dumsch
How 'bout you?
Still looking for the edge?
D'you long for it?
Miss it?
Seek it out at every opportunity?
The razor's edge!!!
Hair-line slice to the psyche
Found in combat.
That RUSH!!!
Adrenaline-electric hairs
At attention on the back of a neck.
How d'you find it again?
I know ya continue to look.
As it looks for you…
The booze?
The drugs?
A motorcycle?
Fast car?
A parachute jump?
Or maybe the last bar fight?
Is it the edge that scares us?
Or knowing we're dancing on a land mine?
Paul Stewart Dumsch
19th Lgt Inf Bde
D Trp 17th Cav
Vietnam 1968-69