We’re Going Home

Accidental Poet



To all our service women and men deceased and living,

for your service and your sacrifice,

THANK YOU!

 

We’re going home

Home, where we’ve never been

Yes, we were was born there

But we weren’t soldiers then

 

We’ll go home

To different places

It won’t be easy

To hide the war on our faces

 

The battlefield we’ve seen

The look of horror at every turn

In the midst of gunfire everywhere

Oh, the pain that burns

 

How does a soldier

Return to a tranquil life

To loving families

Raise beautiful kids with adoring wife

 

Will the war ever end

The memories in our head

All of us soldiers

We share a common thread

 

Some of our sisters and brothers

Will go home in a body bag

And to their families

A folded American flag

 

The casualties on both sides

Weights upon our souls

Forever a soldier grieves

For the soldier’s life he stole

 

But we’re all strong

Together, we’ll stand proud

We served our country

The only way we knew how

 

And every time we see that flag

And the faces at every door

It’s then we remember

All that we fought for

 

Yes, we’re going home

Where there’s blue skies above

The United States of America

The land that we love

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2011

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 11th, 2017 09:10
  • Comment from author about the poem: A 2017 Veteran's Day Tribute. Thank you to all service women and men in all nations who've served your country proudly.
  • Category: Special occasion
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Comments7

  • orchidee

    An excellent and sensitive tribute AP. Also for 'United Kingdom' in the penultimate line.

    • Accidental Poet

      Thanks orchi. Yes, that's why in the author's comment section I put: "Thank you to all service women and men in "all nations" who've served your country proudly".

      • orchidee

        Thanks AP.

      • w c

        A fine tribute to those that serve(d).

        • Accidental Poet

          Thanks for reading and commenting WC.

        • Fay Slimm.

          A heart-rending picture of sacrifice on both sides of war-torn conditions A.P. - - your pen struck a special note when it wrote
          "Forever a soldier grieves
          For the soldier’s life he stole" - - how true this must be for the many who were going home again.A touching read my friend.

          • Accidental Poet

            Thanks Fay. If you notice, I wrote this in 2011, but the stanza you quoted from I added just before posting here. I knew something was missing, and I just felt that was it.

          • kevin browne

            a fantastic tribute to the ones who so deserve it. well written, AP.

            • Accidental Poet

              Thank you so much Kevin. I appreciate your compliment.

            • Michael Edwards

              As Orchi says it could equally apply here in the UK - a super sensitive write AP.

              • Accidental Poet

                Yes Michael, I wanted it to apply to all service women and men of all nations.

              • FredPeyer

                A fine tribute to all who served! Well done, AP! I served in the Swiss Air Force (don't laugh, they DO have more than one pilot!), and even though I never went to war, at least I was trained and ready!

                • Accidental Poet

                  Thank you for reading and for your service Fred.

                • Christina8

                  Insightful and beautifully written tribute to our soldiers on the field and veterans! So glad you wrote it!

                  • Accidental Poet

                    Thank you for reading Christina.



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