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He Walks Alone |
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He walks alone
The warrior of honor
He doesn't
serve for glory
He knows better
Medals for him don't
shine
In that world there's no glory
It bent and
crushed his body
He still hears the call
He walks
alone
The warrior of honor
He doesn't serve for fame
He knows better
Most he does won't be known
In that
world there're no names
It bent and crushed his body
He still hears the call
He walks alone
The warrior
of honor
He doesn't serve for prestige
He knows better
Wading through sewage to exterminate
In that world
there's no prestige
It bent and crushed his body
He
still hears the call
He walks alone
The warrior of
honor
He doesn't serve for the future
At least not
his, He knows better
Rain of brass and lead, friends
ripped away
In that world there's no future
It bent
and crushed his body
He still hears the call
He
walks alone
The warrior of honor
Each step brings pain
ripping and tears
Duty drives him forward with a grimace
He won't give that officer the pleasure
Leg hug, brown
hair and eye of innocence
There is why, he serves
HOPE, for a future for her.
He walks alone
The
warrior of honor
Forgetting the pain of the injuries
Love guides him he lifts the little girl
She's more
important than the officer
Restraints removed other
children run
They find their beloved war hero
Catching
up he stands united
He stands alone
The warrior of
honor
Watching as she kisses her warrior
The young
warrior turns and enters the cage
The warrior of honor's
embrace encompasses her
Her warrior boards the bus to
"the other world"
She cries knowing she might not see him
again
The warrior of honor still hears the call |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2006
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October 13, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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