View From the Balcony

Writers Block

2005-07-02

"Stand Down" Part II

Aloneness

We sat there thinking of times long gone by...
When we were young and spry...
Talking of times long gone by...
Another time - Another life...

Now we are older... grayer...
Not in the best of health...
For we gave our all...
When we heard the call...

Then we came home...
Different... changed... strangers...
Yes strangers to one and all...
Even to ourselves...

Many did more... Gave more...
But one fact remains...
We are a band of brothers and sisters...
We who served our countries flag....

Over the years many did not come home...
Buried... Lost... In some forgotten field...
Others did... Lost in themselves...
Fighting still... In some forgotten field...

Fighting... always fighting...
That unseen Foe...
For it is the most bitter foe of all...
"Aloneness"

This band of brothers and sisters...
They are the ones who understand...
They who have been there... Who did what was
asked...
Rallied together... To defeat this bitter
foe...

So gather those bitter bones...
Pile them high... Let's bury them deep...
For we are not alone...
We are a band... Let the Drums beat...

Our hearts are weary...
Our memories are steeped...
In a time most have forgotten...
Yet we never sleep without them...

So rally... Rally together...
We band of brothers and sisters...
Now is the time to Stand Down...
Lest We Forget...

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