TributesToAmericanVeterans

Tributes To American Veterans

I know it so did matter
That I gave my life this way
I didn't run I didn't hide
My honor did not sway

They told me I would be going home
I kept my faith I swear
I told myself a million times
I knew the World would care

Then one day I saw myself
Laying in a field
Another soldier kneeling over me
I'd realized I'd been killed

I heard a Sgt call out " Get him outta here!"
Then they rolled me over in some blankets
With dignity and care

A Chaplain at the camp with a Bible in his hand
Said " It's Ok now Son to see God, I know he'll
understand."

The Funeral was the hardest part
The crying and the sad
My mother 's voice so tender as she spoke
" Best son I could have ever had."

My Father stood like I had never seen
His face was sullen and   tired
On this day he will bury his son
Who fought for the freedom he so admired

There were hundreds of Flowers
A few medals they blessed
A few memories shared
Some regrets now confessed

"I should have stopped him." My brother John said
" If he hadn't went and tried to be a hero, he wouldn't be dead."
I wanted to tell him   that fate had a role
And it was my calling, I needed to go

And Heaven is my direction , but I will still be
Here
Just close your eyes and think of me and if you listen you will hear
Tthe Ocean waves, the doves fly above
You will know that I am there sending all my love

Written By: Ryan Kinsella-Harmon
                  A Soldier's Call

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