Soldier, Soldier in the night will
you give your Soul tonight? Yes, I
see your giving light. I embrace
you in your personal plight.

You used to know why you fought.
Now you're confused, and distraught.
You watch your comrades end their
lives. Will you have children and a
wife?

That little girl that haunted you,
she was young, but not a fool.

You were ordered not to stop that
tank. She ran behind you, terrorized;
her little face, hardly blank.

She saw the compassion in your eyes;
she wept with sorrow as you silently
moved on and said goodbye.

You couldn�t take her in your arms;
you left her standing under the stars.
Yet she knew you loved her in your
heart. She knew your Souls would
never part.

Sleep dear soldier, this child had
you in a moment of gruesome truth.
She�ll remember you despite her
youth. She�s embedded in you, like
a cherished tattoo. She had you and
you had her; she saved you too,
during your tour.

JDS 05/26/08

awww beautiful

very beautiful indeed!

Ty {{{{Pam}}}}

Ty, Soldier

Nice thoughts Angel as this war is so hard on everyone who it touches. Thanks for showing us and them YOU feel the desire to show respect to all these brave and innocent human beings caught in the intangledness of finding freedom.

((((()))))

{{{{{{T}}}}}}

very nice is that writen from a movie the scene seems familar

Ty.

No, it's not from a movie. It's a real life event that happened to a friend of mine who was in Iraq.

Different, but a nice story as well. Good one for a Memorial Day poem. Either way, your words tell it like it is or should be.

Thanks Robert