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Military Poem

 

I am a small and precious child, my dad's been sent to fight

The only place I'll see his face, is in my dreams at night.

He will be gone too many days for my young mind to keep track.

I may be sad, but I am proud.

My daddy's got your back.

 

I am a caring mother. My son has gone to war.

My mind is filled with worries that I have never known before

Everyday I try to keep my thoughts from turning black.

I may be scared, but I am proud.

My son has got your back.

 

I am strong and loving wife, with a husband soon to go.

There are times I'm terrified in a way most never know.

I bite my lip, and force a smile as I watch my husband pack.

My heart may break, but I am proud.

My husband's got your back.

 

I am a soldier...serving proudly, standing tall.

I fight for freedom, yours and mine by answering this call

I do my job while knowing, the thanks it sometimes lacks.

Say a prayer that I'll come home.

Its me whose got your back

 

:chevy:  :flag:  :flag:  :flag:  :flag:  :flag:  :thumb:

The SPEEDY Senior Enthusiast

The SPEEDY

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Support those who serve, whether it be here at home or across seas/oceans and around the world.  

:chevy:

At school we get arested for fighting, but if I hear another person critisise the people that serve our country you can bet they will be laying on the floor  :owned: .

Stepside Z Senior Enthusiast

Stepside Z

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Support those who serve, whether it be here at home or across seas/oceans and around the world.  

:chevy:

At school we get arested for fighting, but if I hear another person critisise the people that serve our country you can bet they will be laying on the floor  :owned: .

Heck I'll bail you out for that.

BlackSilver Senior Enthusiast

BlackSilver

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A Flag and A Rusty gun

 

A protest raged on a courthouse lawn,

Round a makeshift stage as they charged on.

Fifteen hundred or more they say,

Had come to burn a Flag that day.

 

A boy held up the folded Flag,

Cursed it, and called it a dirty rag.

An OLD MAN pushed through the angry crowd,

With a rusty shotgun shouldered proud.

 

His uniform jacket was old and tight,

He had polished each button, shiny and bright.

He crossed that stage with a soldier's grace,

Til he and the boy stood face to face.

 

FREEDOM OF SPEECH; the OLD MAN said,

Is worth dying for and good men are dead,

So you can stand on this courthouse lawn,

And talk us down from dusk to dawn,

 

But before any Flag gets burned today,

This OLD MAN'S GOING TO HAVE HIS SAY!!

 

My father died on a foreign shore,

In a war they said would end all war.

But Tommy and I wasn't even full grown,

Before we fought in a war of our own.

And Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach,

In the shadow of a hill he couldn't quite reach

Where five good men raised this Flag so high,

That the ENTIRE WORLD COULD SEE IT FLY.

 

I got this bum leg that I still drag,

Fighting for this same old Flag.

Now there's just one shot in this old gun,

So now it's time to decide which one,

 

Which one of you will follow our lead,

To stand and die for what you believe?

For as sure as there is a rising sun,

You'll burn in #### 'fore this Flag burns, son.

 

Now the riot just never came to pass.

The crowd got quiet and that can of gas,

Got set aside as they walked away

To talk about what they heard this day.

 

And the boy who had called it a dirty rag,

Handed the OLD SOLDIER the folded Flag.

So the battle of the Flag this day was won

By a tired OLD SOLDIER with a rusty gun,

Who for one last time, had to show to some,

THIS FLAG MAY FADE, BUT THE COLORS DON'T RUN.

OCFreedom Enthusiast

OCFreedom

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So Here's one for you:

 

My neighbor across the street thought it'd be a bright idea to fly the american flag upside down in his yard....

 

On my way home from work I saw it and it had me pretty pissed, then after talking to my two roomates who are also Navy Pilots......we decided to relinguish him of his american flag flying priviledges.

 

Currently his flag flys proudly RIGHT SIDE UP in my yard.

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