A Soldier's Letter Home

The plane has dropped him in a country of unfamilure faces and landscape Training is now a part of the past First combat to become Soon his reality A small fragment of familiarity Rubs up against his leg And brings a smile As he reaches to touch The softness of his youth Now put behind him A young soldier's thoughts Turn to home And to the one person he knows Will understand his heart A Soldier's Letter Home Dear Mom Somewhere over the rainbow Is where I seem to be It is not at all like the fairy tales That you used to read to me I wonder of tomorrow When the battle has begun If I will truly be the soldier That I am told I have become Are all that are around me Secretly feeling just as I Will all that you Have taught me leave When I look the enemy In the eye All of these months of training To do the job that must be done They tell us when it comes Right down to it We will gladly fire our guns Should I be considered unworthy Of this uniform I now wear As I sit to write you this letter I am just a little scared Will I be able To do what is expected In the name Of what is good for all When I return To ease my heart Will I write within a poet's hall Tonight I feel like a little boy With a toy gun in his hand Will tomorrow I be forced to kill Will I then feel like a man To not many I could write these words I know you will understand These whisperings of my heart Now written in my hand I will do what is asked of me I will gladly do my part But for tonight .... I am just your Son Speaking from my heart Please Mom pray for me I will make yourself And my country proud I stand ready to do What is now before me I am just not sure I can live With the how As I lay my pen aside And close my eyes to sleep I pray that who Has always been myself I will somehow keep As I end this letter I send you all my love In your prayers remember me Forever Your Loving Son AspiringAngel

 

TRIPLES with EMMA

Author's Note

In dedication for those past and present
That have given everything in honor of God and Country.
Happy Veterans Day from me in pride and gratitude.

Reviews

[S.Mac]

Being in the Army, and being deployed, I'm constantly receiving emails from family and friends along the lines of this poem. They're all poems and stories written to evoke some sort of emotion from the reader. I've become slightly jaded to these poems and stories. It takes a lot for me to feel what the author wants his or her reader to feel. I have to say, though, that this struck close to home.
Being a deployed soldier changes a person. Before this deployment I was shy, and I kept to myself, never wanting to offend any one or stand up for myself or share my thoughts. I've now been away from home for six months, and in the past six months I've lost hold of who I once was. I was once a young lady. Now I am, in a sense, an old seasoned soldier. I have not talked to any soldier who will willingly admit that they miss who they once were, but I have to say it now.
(I'm not sure exactly why I am sharing this with you. I do not know who you are, and you do not know who I am.)
I am afraid to go home to my mother. I am afraid that I am not the daughter she remembers. I am stuck in between who the Army demands I be, who the world expects me to be, and who my mother remembers. Being a soldier looks a whole lot easier than it is.
Thank you for writing this.

[A sea person]

This is very well written and touches on the fear that comes hand-in-hand with war.

Thank you for submitting it to my Support our Support contest.

v.r.
Ryan

[Donna DeLong Matthews a..]

Oh Sweetie I have had a hard time coming to this and reasing
it all way thru. You know how deeply this touched me when I
read it on the other site... And Yet reading this magnificent piece
honoring our precious protectors... But tonight I made up my mind
no matter how hard I was going to read this to its finish. I sit here
try'n to type thru such heavy tears of sadness and pride for you and
our military.
God Bless then all
Hugs and Love you Girlie Girl
D

[ASMIDEEP]

Keep it up and God Bless you abundanlty

[ASMIDEEP]

Thats an exceptional piece...wow...Angel you rock...you are really an ANGEL...

[robert]

A wonderful dedication my friend.........Lest we forget.

[darkgurl]

Such an emotional write, brought me to tears. Such a beautiful and most sincere write....Kim

[Tim]

As a parent whose kids have been there, this is a poem that speaks much. So much goes threw there minds when they first get there. Will they be ready. But when it matters they are ready. Many of them had to grow fast and lose some of their innocence.
A beautiful poem.

[Dani California]

Oh Lesa, this has me in tears. I think I am too emotional to give the review you deserve. My dear, this piece is so beautiful and heartbreaking. I am shaken by it ...

Thank you for writing this Lesa. Truly..