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Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #213
Veterans/Memorial Day Poem, #213
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE They say I'm short and homeward bound. Then why is there no happiness found? One year here will soon be ore. And I'll walk to that Freedom Bird door. But I can't relax, no letting down... why? Because to let down may mean to die. It's like a dream, can it really be. Everyone cheers as we fly by... But thinking of Friends below just makes me sigh. God be with you, I know your fears. I didn't know it then, but the next time I'd see some Of you would be twenty years. The plane gets me home and I kiss the ground. The family I left is the same one I found. We embrace and hug and cannot separate. The difference in life and death is only fate. When I was there I dreamed of home. Now I am here but how my mind does roam. When I was young I was taught at school. That freedom wasn't free and about the Golden Rule. I know them both but one came hard. To learn it I had to leave my own back yard. Written from the Heart by Pastor Steve Janke K9 sentry dog handler Vietnam War More Poetry http://members.aol.com/warlib/poems.htm Submit a poem http://www.amervets.com/poems/mypoem.htm -- Otis Willie (Ret.) Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com) The American War Library, Est. 1988 (http://www.amervets.com) 16907 Brighton Avenue Gardena CA 90247 1-310-532-0634 Military Webmaster Site Link Request Form: http://www.amervets.com/linkreq.htm Military and Vet Info-Exchange/Discussion Groups http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/share.htm |
