Goodbye Brave Soldier To that distant land weall flew, Because our government ordered us to, On a big green jet plane, Not knowing what to expect. Day after day bullets whizzed by, We all feared we might die, For eight months we fought, Did exactly what we were taught, To survive the deadly battle, We’d suppress fear, pity…remorse, And respond with violent, deadly force. Then after eight months… Back to that far away land we call home, Home…from that tragic war we were sent, No longer able to feel, Because the wounds are unable to heal. The war is over for us now, we left it behind, But we’re always forced to remind, Those long-long nights in the desert, Wondering if we’d ever make it back, From that god-awful war in Iraq. At night you still here the blood curdling screams, Dead children and dismembered bodies are forever your dreams, You thrash in your bed through out the night, Jumping up screaming from the fright, For serving your country, PTSD is what you get, Waking up from your dreams soaking wet. Day by day and night-by-night the years pass, You hope to god the dreams wont last, You just want the pain to stop, So pill-by-pill you begin to pop, Your eyelids feel heavy, But now you are ready, To walk through the valley of the shadow of death, No more nightmares, no more pain, As you fall asleep into eternal, peaceful rest… Goodbye brave soldier…goodbye.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 01:04:00 +0000
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