A MILITARY MAN
©By: Richard L. King
Only those who’ve served the cause can ever fully understand
the price paid for freedom,,,, by a military man.
Freedom comes at a cost not all are willing to pay,
but a military man pays that price each and every day.
He joined because of duty, because he felt it was his chore,
just as it was for his brothers, all those who went before.
He was still learning to live as he was being taught to kill,
he’s found the search for liberty can be a mighty bitter pill.
He has carried a rifle along with his 80 pound pack
and the weight of the entire world all heaped upon his back.
He has faced the demons found within the ways of war,
he’s fought in foreign countries, protecting foreign shores.
He’s a military man with humanitarian intent,
fighting the worlds demons wherever he’s been sent.
We’re thankful he’s still standing, that freedom is still the goal,
but most of all we’re thankful to those who’ve filled that roll.
Those who’ve carried war weapons, slept together in a trench,
who know the smell of death and have endured that awful stench.
When the flag of freedom waves and the world’s at peace again,
when the soldiers all return, then and only then,,, we’ll count it as a win.
Only those who’ve served the cause can ever fully understand
the price paid for freedom,,,, by a military man.
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Gramps use’ta say
R.L.King2012 #164
About: Military Service
“A soldier may leave the military,
but the military never truly leaves a soldier.”
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