My Hero

Tells how my husband was treated coming home from Iraq

My Hero

 

A nameless person

shakes the mans hand

and says

“Thank you for the job you did”.

 

A child tugs at the same man’s shirt

asking about the

memories

he has.

 

An empty hearted mother

cries and melts

into his

arms.

 

Friends sit with mouths

gaping

at the

stories

he tells.

 

Discourteous people become

silent

at the

images

his pictures paint.  

 

His medals sit

aging

in a box on the shelf,

the ribbons

decay

while his uniform

hangs in his closet

waiting to be

worn

again

Reviews

[Berserker[Diktator Von ..]

This was a really great poem..A job well done...it is all too true..Great job..keep up the great work..and keep on writing..=0)

Your friend Berserk

[Tara Jean Olson]

God bless him, and bless you for being a soft place to land. I have read and watched multiple accounts on television, and magazines, and yet my grasp is so minimal to military families.

Regardless of his personal feelings about it, search for a qualified counselor.

your poem conveys a very loving tribute.
i like the end: he sounds like a true soldier!

[Eagle Cruagh]

Have you noticed ? Everybody thinks about the selfless
service of the reitired fighting man, but no one knows quite
what should be done about it.
At the end of WW-1 the soldiers who had promised a bonus had
to march on Washington to get the bonus, but they were eventually
honored for their service.
At the end of WW-2, service men had been promised a gratuity from their
home states, some states and many were paid a small sum.
Perhaps the grave of the "Unkown Soldier" holds some of that memory for us.
Maybe the Unown Soldier is every soldier, every service man who volunteered
and selflessly served to preserve the peace here where we are safe.
I hope that your soldier will receive the recognition he deserves and will not
remain unkown.
The poem written , to her husband, is not just a poem about a serviceman, it is
a very special poem, well written, correct in every detail and a work of art.
My favorite !
My Rate: 100 %
---- Eagle Cruagh