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Gramps use’ta say
©R.L.King2012 #M-10
About: Military Service
(Enlisting)
“Each of us has a life to live.
Each chooses the direction they take.
Each makes their own decisions.
Likewise,,,, their own mistakes.”
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MISSING IN ACTION
© Copyright 2013 Richard Lee King
19-year-old buddies, off to fight in the war,
without the slightest clue, just what lie in store.
Hoping to make it home, but not really sure,
likely no one would know, the suffering they’d endure.
They were in a foreign country, fighting for the cause,
living by the code, unsuspecting of its flaws.
Doing Uncle Sam’s bidding wherever they’re sent,
despised by the locals for the ideals they represent.
Captured by the enemy, barely getting by,
hoping to escape, certain they would try.
Resisting the torture, honoring their peers,
days turning to weeks, seeming more like years.
Had they been forgotten, did Uncle know of their plight?
Tolerance wearing thin, yet continuing the fight.
In deplorable conditions, comparable to hell….
name, rank & service number, all they would tell.
Adhering to their oath, never to wavier,
hoping someone will come, in need of a savior.
Still fighting for what’s right, though the fight is near gone,
never dreaming their commitment would last this long.
Surely someone will come, the end must be near,
continuing the struggle, in danger, they fear.
Resisting enemy attempts to convert them to spies,
….a lifetime slowly passes, as we accept their demise.
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