Draped in red white and blue
Salute!!!
I salute all those whose life was lost
On this shore Continental called
States Of America
After or before battle
Musket balls, Caissons carried
Marching troops over hills, through prairies
The sounds of blackened feet
Drums beat
No retreat
We were there weren't we Crispus?
If you could speak today
Page by page, lines one by one
History Books could tell
The farmers son, the widows
The wife, no more berries
Left to bare the weight of the juice
Your choice I reckon would be
The Truth
We were everywhere
Standing tall until the fall
Sliding on their belly
On some hill
Sandy beach numbers 354
Blood shed, Massachusetts red
They say Dorie did not play
Oh no, no way, not that ill fitted day
On that harbour, Pearls no where in sight
Just fight,
Trained at home in Texas
Shooting squirrel and rabbits at night
It wasn't a row your boat kind of day
Not to be mistaken for weak ass men
Just ask
South Carolina, Tennessee Regiments
Companies A & B fighting
US Colored Troops
Mustered in not out
Hankering to be free from tyranny
Thousands died
W.W.1 and W.W.11, Vietnam and Storm
Oh hell yes there was faithful Semper Fi
Buffalo Soldiers First Division Cav.
Bring us home was the cry
Tuskegee Reds
Through the Airplanes of life
Adversities all the while
Marked we shall overcome
Who answered the call
The Soldiers did
Solidly imprinted and fixed
Caught in the Vietnam Jungle
In Nineteen Hundred Sixty Six
A California neighbor to all of of us
Brother Bruce's friends Jerry Thomas
Solidly imprinted and fixed
Caught in the Vietnam Jungle
In Nineteen Hundred Sixty Six
A California neighbor to all of of us
Brother Bruce's friends Jerry Thomas
Henry Kuykendahl too
Poem by me VDM......
2 comments:
Thank you Ms Vicky for words that pierce our hearts in tribute to those brave souls who paid the ultimate price to secure our freedoms. At our home we proudly display our American flag that so many fought and died for. Is this country perfect? No, not by a long shot, but I would rather live in the United States of America than any place else in this world. May we continue to honor those who fought and died for our liberty and justice for all.
I thank you for reading the blog Gerald and like you I would rather live here than anywhere else in the world. With the people that were also placed in my life, you can't beat that either.
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