WE ARE THE RICHEST
OF THEM ALL.
SOME SAY,
WE ARE POOR
THE WAY WE SOMETIMES FALL
WE LEAVE OUR FAMILES,
AND FRIEND BEHIND
WHEN OUR GREAT NATION
NEEDS US
FROM TIME TO TIME
BUT WHAT THEY DONT SEE
IS THE THINGS WE HOLD BACK
WHEN THEY THINK AND THEY PONDER
THE REAL REASON WE ARE HERE
THEY SEE OUR LOVED ONES
AS THEY CRY AND THEY WAIT
THEY SEE OUR CHILDREN
WAVE LITTLE FLAGS AS WE LEAVE
EVERYONE KNOWS,
WE ARE LEAVING TO FIGHT
MOST EVERYONE KNOWS
OUR STRENGTH AND OUR MIGHT
BUT WHAT THEY DONT SEE
IS THESE SOLDIERS AT NIGHT
AS THEY LAY IN THEIR BUNKS
BATTLING THE WORST PART OF THIS FIGHT
THOUGHTS OF LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS
ENGULF THEIR HEAD
THESE ARE TIMES WE ALL LOVE
YET CANT HELP BUT DREAD
ONE REMEMBERS HIS LOVER
AND CLENCHES HIS FIST REAL TIGHT
FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS
THE TEND TO COME IN THE NIGHT
HIS GREATEST TREASURE
NOT RICHES
BUT LETTERS FROM HOME
AND READS THEM
TO TAKE HIS MIND OFF
THE SOILS HE WAS ASKED TO ROAM
THEY DONT SEE THE PEOPLE
THAT LOOK UP TO US
AS WE DELIVER THEM FREEDOM
FROM THEIR PAST
WE TURN TO DUST
THEY DONT SEE THE CHILDREN
WE GIVE A SECOND CHANCE
TO GROW IN A COUNTRY
FREE OF VIOLENT HANDS
ALL THEY SEE IS THE NEWS
AND THE TERROR OVERSEAS
THEY ARE TO NAÏVE
TO SEE THE GOOD WE BRING
THEY DONT SEE THE WORK WE DO
AND TAKE SO MUCH PRIDE
EVEN WHEN OUR WORK
REQUIRES SOME
TO LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
WE MAY NOT HAVE
LOTS OF MONEY OR GOLD
OUR RICHES
ARE TO PRECIOUS TO HOLD
NEXT TIME YOU LOOK AT THE SMILE
OF YOUR BETTERS HALFS FACE
THINK OF YOURSELF LEAVING THEM
THERE AT THAT VERY PLACE
THINK OF YOURSELF FIGHTING
IN A FOREIGN LAND
WISHING FOR JUST ONE KISS
OR ONE GENTLE TOUCH OF THEIR HAND
FOR THESE ARE THE THINGS
WE HOLD PRECIOUS AND DEAR
THE REAL REASON THEY ARE HOME
ABD THE REASON WE ARE HERE
YOU ASK IF WE ARE RICH
WERE RICH BEYOND BELIEF
FOR WE KNOW WE WILL RETURN
AND GIVE OUR THOUGHTS RELIEF
Thanks for sharing... the tears don't well like they did when he had to go... But I could feel the sadness in my heart thinking of my husband not being with us. :*(
- doodysmom08
on Oct. 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM