I seen the things That live below While lying there In silent night Listening to the Black wind blow.
I seen the things there Evil and dark Me lying there In silent night Feeling and hearing My pounding heart.
I seen the things With rotting flesh With bright red eyes And sulphur breath Me lying there in silent night Eyes froze open In private fright.
I seen the things Of nightmares dreams I seen the death Of many things I hear the sound Of loneliness As a passing train Cracks the tracks A Banshee whistle Blowing back.
I seen me walking Among those things In the darkened forest What does here me bring Me lying here in silent night Or am I there In this darkest light?
I see those things As I toss and turn Me lying there in silent night Shifting about in sweated dark Why do I see? What is it about? As I skillfully walk The darkened forest.
I see those things They walk with me Or is it me who Walks with them? It cannot be as I toss about For I am man and they are not Me lying here in silent night.
Clearer now I see those things Strange it is they look like me I see those things of Nightmare's dreams As closer now We each do bring Me lying here in silent night.
The truth comes in now With dawning's light Those things I see That live below The things that Look a lot like me Me lying here in dawning's light
I seen those things That live below Reflections of myself I now know The sins I done Come back to me Me lying here in silent Fear.
25 years or more ago I wrote this while alone on my 'Vicky Mary'. The pencil is fading on the lined paper torn from a spiral note book.
AOL (6 hours) once due to a major snow storm grounding flights. Thirty days PAL, Captains Mast got six hours extra duty. Treasure Island 1952. Kept me out of Korea for thirty days.
The navy in Vietnam. I was on the USS Forrestal (CVA-59), as was fellow DUer and friend for almost 40 years, "jedr". "jedr" is the one who introduced me to DU.
I was in 1966-1969, aboard Forrestal '67-'69. Went WestPac and the Med. I was an aviation ordnanceman (AO). I must be dense, I don't see the connection between 180 and navy. Sorry.
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