My brother had died.

Brotherhood of Soldiers. We fight for freedom. To defend our land from a enemy attacking the USA.

                                   My brother had died.

(5281 men and woman had died in war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers are serving in both location today.)





Old age led me to hard decisions.
To laugh or cry?
To run or fight?
To kill or let live?

I'm led by my heart. I'm tire of war.
War is costly for the country in taxes and the lives of young men and woman.
The peaceful man want little.
Some land, work and a safe place to live.

I'm a old man now.
I hold vigil for mother's son and daughters fighting for ruthless and cold leaders.
They can send bombs with no conscious to areas of population without concern for
the woman and children running from war.

I'm left vacant and disillusion by leaders deciding who is right or wrong on other continents.
How can leaders who allowed a great land to fall apart?
50 million on welfare. No jobs and 17 trillion in debt decide the future of Syria?
Our multimillionaire  leaders want confusion and purpose.
I hope sending Soldiers into a internal conflict isn't one of them.

I'm led by my heart. I'm in search of blind hope and old dreams.
Nobodies buy the lies of the leaders in Washington D.C.
After 5,000 years of war.
Too many woman and children had weep for men and woman lost to war.



I visit good friends lost to war.
I lay with the wild flowers wondering?
Was their death worthwhile?

I hear whispering in the wind.
"Remember me when I'm gone."
One of my brother soldiers lay in a peaceful grave.
A gift of a daughter's flowers resting on his stone.
I drank my friend favorite beer. I remember his laughter.
His strong voice.

He died like so many brave United State men and woman.
Brothers in arms will stand together in peace and war time.
Pray for peace. Pray for common  sense.
Pray for leaders with wisdom. History repeat itself for blind and incompetence leaders.

I leave the three cans of Miller beer on my good friend grave.
I salute him and leave with a solemn heart.

Today I watch my world led by darkness and corruption.
Leader who do things without reason and purpose.
USA isn't the policy police of the world.
It is time to fix our house. USA need some TLC.


                             Coyote

Author's Note

Thoughts on a hard topic.

Reviews

[Jon Roggie]

I work at a small college, and I have been asked repeatedly my opinion. I have lost friends recently. I have family who have been in just about every outbreak going back to the Civil War, and most likely centuries before. One saying still sticks with me from my father's time in Korea. "We will surely go to heaven, because we have spent our time in hell." I can't really explain how I feel on this topic.

[Coyote Poetry]

"We will surely go to heaven, because we have spent our time in hell." My father served three years in the Korean war. The statement above is true for many. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Great Aunt Astri]

Very well said, Coyote. More of us should be saying the same thing! 'I hear whispering in the wind'. I often wonder if the dead are somehow all around us looking in!

[Dorian Gray]

I really enjoyed this read my friend. It puts a real perspective on the topic at hand.
"A gift of a daughter's flowers resting on his stone" really stood out to me. Enjoyed this very much.

[Coyote Poetry]

Real life is becoming more scary than fiction. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Ed Hart]

thank you Coyote, this is immense

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Ed for reading. I worry for our world.

[A. H. Pinley]

Hard topic indeed my fellow warrior. I ask people, "Who defines America? What makes Her great?" Some answer "the government", but I correct them, "We the people make Her great." Not politicians that are only positioning themselves for the next election and defiantly not some man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing only to send the U.S. to the brink of a full scale war with a country that's smaller than a country he called small in comparison to Lord knows who. Great piece of work Coyote!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for the comment. My kids can go war now. Real world is getting too close. Like in your stories. Soldiers are real people and need respect.

[A. H. Pinley]

Amen brother! Americans take our soldiers for granted. Invite them to Thanksgiving Dinner. Have them over to delight in the blessings Christmas brought humanity. I will continue to choose to be a "Proud American". A pride not commonly shared in the public today.