Because We Love Our Freedom
Some did not come home at all
They were left in pieces on foreign soil
Nothing to those who they fought for
A part of a war in which no principles they understood
So much blood was left behind
When lifeless bodies were returned to grieving parents,
high school sweethearts, and perplexed siblings
who would never again feel the spark of their loved one's spirit
Some came home with damaged bodies
Wheelchair bound, or missing arms
Deformities they will forever endure
A high price to pay for another country's woes
Some came home unscathed, at least on the outside.
But rotting minds from brutal visions
led to years of terror, pain, and loneliness
all for the sake of another country's problems
So many broken souls, too many broken hearts
Uncounted broken minds never acknowledged
In hopes that others can taste the sweet nectar of freedom
and the democracy we are privileged to know
Marian
July 3, 2009
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