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The Soldier The young man lies Alone in the mud Dirty and tired And covered in blood Bullets and tracer Fly past his head At any moment He could be dead This thought of demise He thinks not of it And does his duty With courage and grit In this unnamed place Just a spot on a map A grenade explodes Like a thunderclap He lays there in shock In fear, and in pain With pieces of shrapnel Lodged in his brain Time passes by The dust-off arrives They put him aboard And tell him he’ll survive A few months later He returns to his home Surrounded by friends But feels all alone There’s no parade And no ticker tape Instead he is treated With suspicion and hate They call him a killer And a hired thug The nation he fought for Sweeps him under the rug He can’t understand What it is that they fear He drowns in the comfort Of whiskey and beer He fought for these people Who sweep him aside He answered the call With devotion and pride Many years later Recognition he gets Thanks due a soldier A Vietnam Vet
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:45:22 +0000

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