J.P.G. Poems
Veterans ©
By Joseph P. Gimenez
2010 for the Red Hook Series
Dedicated to countless men and women who defend our nation day
and night!
VETERANS:
United we stand divided we fall
Once you were
in uniform and some of you still are
Your duty
assignments sometimes took you very far
Away from
your family and friends you hold so close
But they
remained your strength while your country you gave the most.
To the
farthest reaches of this planet we call home
You provided
the resolve for our enemies to leave us alone
And when your
mere presence was not enough
You showed
them that our military had the right stuff.
You
sacrificed all that you had so our country would survive
For our
Nation comes with all the problems of staying alive
Your family,
your nation depended on you
To bring the
fight to the enemy and see the job through.
Some times in
this endeavor our comrades are lost
They fought
valiantly but paid the ultimate cost
The headstone
in Arlington or names on a wall
Signified
that these brave men gave us their all.
So if you are
a Airforce, Army, Coast Guard, Navy or Marine
Enlisted or
Officer or somewhere in between
You know what
it’s like to have been on the scene
For some it
was a nightmare but never a dream.
You gave it
your best, what more can be said
Without your
protection the worst is what I dread
Freedom isn’t
free is a verse well read
We lie in our
bed each night safe and secure
While
thousands of miles away our heroes die on distant shores.
So on this
Veterans Day which we hold each year
Let us be
firm in why we come together here
It’s the men
and women that we honor that go in harm’s way
That give us
the freedom to work, play and pray.
Veterans
whether Active, Reserve, or National
Guard
Deserve our
respect it’s the least of their reward
They came
through with flying colors that we all hold true
It’s THE FLAG
of our country, The
RED, THE White , THE
BLUE.
GOD BLESS THE
VETERANS AND OUR COUNTRY.
Written by
Joseph Gimenez on Veterans Day Nov 11 2010