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Standing at Reason... With Head Bowed |
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We watched them gear up and march away,
carried
on transports and planes to the battle dome
Treasure
the sight of their wave as they left that day
Some of
those brave soldiers won't be coming home...
Daddies and husbands, brothers and uncles, lovers,
friends,
sisters and daughters, mothers and wives,
aunts and all,
gone to cleanse Iraq of Saddam and his
deadly sins
One, and all, they have gone to answer
freedom's call
We are here waiting at home and
daily we pray
for victory and the great homecoming
day
when the battle's haze clears and it does end
It is sad, but some, will not be coming home again
�Freedom Is Not Free' is the handbook we read
It
takes it toll of those warriors it does need
Treasure
the sight of their wave as they left that day
Some
will surely die ensuring our freedom does stay |
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By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
Listed January 28, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.
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