We Did It All For You

It's a response to a one "Crowned Court Censored poet" who stated that Marines were "Gullible" for fighting. I know a Marine corps vet isn't as cool as a banned poet. I'll have to live with that

Don't forget us on this day

For what we went through

The Price we paid for what we did

Cause we did it all for you

 

Away from home

Away from our lives

Losing loved ones

Losing Wives

 

The tears the blood

The pain the heartache

The boredom the misery

 

Now all we ever came to be

was a footnote to history

 

Maybe we were all suckers

For signing on that line

Maybe we were sacrificed

For the 1000th time

 

So you all say thankyou

That's what you people do

Sometimes We get tired of it

Sometimes we're humoring you

 

Sometimes we have trouble

With that big war hero label

Sometimes we just wish

We had a better place at the table

 

While some of you were in college

preparing for your careers

Some of us were miles away

Fighting back the tears

 

 

Just a friendly message

From a veteran with issues

It's OK baby

I don't need a tissue

 

Just remember what we did

Because we were ordered to

cause in the end no matter what get's said

We were protecting all of you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Kind of a crappy poem. I wrote it in about 15 minutes. Ricocet's nose got a little bent out of joint over "Obama the Bomber" by Crown Court censored poet. I sacrificed years of my life and a marriage to the service of this Nation and I don't like seeing it dumped on, let alone by a European. Remember when we bailed Europe out of WWII and kept the Soviets at bay for over 40 years? Wasn't that nice of us?

Reviews

[Heather]

I can see your heart in this poem, and its beautiful. This is not crap darling, this is wonderful. There are so many lines that I wanted to tell you I liked, in fact the entire piece I feel is amazing. I love poems that spill out of us so quickly that we have to rush to get them down, but then we wonder if they are any good.. this one IS GOOD.

This stanza... got me in so many ways

Sometimes we have trouble
With that big war hero label
Sometimes we just wish
We had a better place at the table

The men and woman who fight for us deserve the head of every table.
I grew up in a house where my dad would go to the local base and gather as many soldiers as he could on weekends to bring home, especially on holidays. He never wanted a solider to be alone on a holiday, he said they should be with family. We became and still are part of the family of so many marines, army and navy service men. These men sat at our table in a pace of honor, they were fed a nice home cooked meal and spent the day laughing and having fun. Such great memories of growing up in a house that was grateful for your service.

Bless you, thank you and well done Sir.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanx. and thanx to your dad.

[Crazy Cat Man]

who is this idiot? the censored poet? Well people like u fight and died for our free speech in this country. ya'll deserve our praise. great poem

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanx

[Mr Dunne Poetry]

I am the so called 'Idiot' you refer to, nice to meet you lol

[Marie]

Then I won't say "Thank you." I'll say "Well done." All right?

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! Thanx

[MachinaWriter]

An amazing poem. It speaks perfectly of the emotional struggle most of us in the military have to go through. The parts I didn't expect to trouble me when I first signed up. Thanks for this. It means a lot.

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx