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!

[QuothCorvid]

I read this poem twice, it brought tears to my eyes but made me smile. Alot of Americans sit happily by enjoying their freedoms but look down upon the soldiers who scaraficed their health, their sanity, their morality, and their lives for the promise of a better future. Well written! But in this line " I'm tire." You might want to change it to I'm tired, or I tire... I really like the line;
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.

[Tina Kline]

This is very sad and tragic. I believe our fighting men and women are not at all treated like they so deserve to be treated when they come home. I agree 100% with your poem. It's good that you remember your friends.

[alan khan]

beautiful words full of powerful emotion. amazing job.

[Ed Hart]

all of our soldiers die, even the ones that live...there was a time that the "leader" actually led his troops into battle, or at least was there; but now, those who send young men to war, they are at home, paying themselves very well...

[T. R. Writer]

Wonderful tribute and beautifully written.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That is really an amazing tribute... raw and emotional outpour... i liked that is was more gritty then sentimental which I imagine reflects their personality and that is how you pay a true tribute.

[Huggy Bear]

It is hard to lose friends and you use this poem to vent out these feelings. Good Job as usual

[Vin]

I really like this :) its very personal so the emotion makes reading it far more enjoyable and really grabs the readers attention to let understand your feelings towards your friend. It was great.
Beth