#HONORCOURAGESACRIFICE ONE OF MY FAVORITE POEMS ~TINK~ Have you stopped to thank Veteran today? For the price of FREEDOM they had to pay? Did you gaze into those distant eyes? Did you see the ghosts he can’t deny? Did you think a Soldier’s heart is made of steel?Because he was trained to kill, he couldn’t feel? Did you see the guilt written on his face, For the loss of life he couldn’t replace? Did you know he mourns the lives he couldn’t save, And walks with comrades in their grave? Did you remember the boy with innocence lost? Do you really know war’s ultimate cost? Have you felt the blast of artillery fire? Do you have the courage it would require? Have you stood in the trenches consumed with fear? Felt the enemies breath so very near? Have you walked with God on a battleground? Seen your brothers dead or dying all around? Have you stopped to thank a Vet today? Or did you just turn and walk away? From the pain he’ll carry for the rest of his life? Did you consider his family, his children, his wife? That watch him suffer in silence each and every day, As he’s haunted by memories that don’t go away? Did you care that the Soldier is still pulling guard? That his heart, mind and soul will forever be scarred? Do you know how he suffers from PTSD? Or that our precious FREEDOM is never Free? Do you care that he still hears the blood curdling screams? Or that he returns to the war each night in his dreams? Have you felt of a combat Vet? Or would you rather just forget? That war has pierced his hardened heart, And torn this Soldier apart? Would you rather our Heroes just fade away? Or will you stop to thank a Veteran today? By Chris Woolnough
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:12:37 +0000
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