Sacrifice and blasphemy

Freedom is very costly.

                                     FREEDOM

                            I will never forget freedom.
                            Just promise
                            Please promise
                            That you never forget me.

                            (By Poet Dorene Oliver
                            Dedicated to missed friends.)


                   
                        Sacrifice and blasphemy



              Sitting alone in a grave yard.
              By a  missed friend grave. 
              Traces of a good man are still left..
              Forgotten among the wild northern Michigan flowers.


              I remained with him and I lose myself.
              I'm tire.
              I'm tame and sober.
              Trying to remember  my friend  face.


              I remember he loved WWF.
              I remember he loved Bud light.
              I remember he loved his two girls.

              My spirit had eroded.
              Veterans come home.
              Broken in heart and spirit.
              They are isolated and misread.  


              Veteran Hospitals.
              Sparse in funds.

             
              Sent soldiers home with prescriptions.


              Tragedy of War.
              Leave shells of men.
              Reflecting on deeds done.


              Shameless Senators and House Representatives.
              Give billions for guns and death.


              Tarnish young men and woman.
              Wallow in misery.
               

              They will rise up.
              Revive their hopes.


              Hear voices of missed comrades.
              Must go forward.
              For their friends who cannot go on.


              My friend's smile and laughter I remember.
              He would tell me.
              Get up dumb a*s.
              You be alright.


              Please remember the soldiers.
              Over 300,000 Soldier are standing tall for us.


              Remember Veterans on election day.
              Vote out these Senators and House representative.
              Who don't support the returning Veterans.
 
                               Coyote

Author's Note

I still go the nearest bar and drink one beer a month to lost friends. They are missed by me and their family.

Reviews

[Nayan]

How felt, touching tribute and remembrance! You are true when you say...
"Tragedy of War.
Leave shells of men.
Reflecting on deeds done.

Shameless Senators and House Representatives.
Give billions for guns and death."

and

"Please remember the soldiers.
Over 300,000 Soldier are standing tall for us.

Remember Veterans on election day.
Vote out these Senators and House representative.
Who don't support the returning Veterans."

Its our moral duty to remember them, their families and make them remembered too... who gave their most precious thing - their lives - for us to live happily and peacefully!

[Laura Sparkle]

Touching, and an incredible tribute and way to remember those dear to us.

[Wicahpi]

A loving tribute to a friend and many veterans who are home
and will return home one day. God Bless. Cheers!

[Ross Saunders]

Very, very moving stuff here. It is brutally honest and true. I personally do think that the way veterans are treated after their service has been completed is something that is disgraceful. It's one of the many ways we should be doing better. This was amazing.

[Undying Glory]

brilliant work, and it's really touching. that's exactly what war does to people. simply awesome

[Zarathustra]

Beautiful, simply Beautiful.
I will never forget.

[Stacey Watts]

Very nice tribute to the real heros of our country. This was a wonderful reminder to never forget.

[Lena M. P.]

Amen.

[Rhonda]

very good. you are fantastic at writing. thnx :D

[emmajoy]

What an emotional but sincere tribute to all men who fight. Beautiful in its sadness.

If only those in power fully understood or remembered that human life is precious and should never be wasted for causes and reasons never made entirely clear to the man on the street. And, that the battle doesn't just stop when and if a man lays down his gun and returns home.

Reminds me of Old Harry.

These lines really touched me: ' I remember he loved WWF. I remember he loved Bud light. I remember he loved his two girls.'

[Star Wolf]

I think your title to this says it's perfect. It's a shame how our fighting people are treated and the only kindness they find is with family and family can't understand, it's not their fault at all, but I think the people of this country want better for them its just those in power who send them to die and if they are lucky enough to come home all they get in return mostly is deny! deny! deny!