SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN
I stood gazing,
At the fires blazing,
All around,
On this foreign ground.
I stand, gun ready,
For the enemy steady,
I must be,
To keep my country free.
I am not ashamed,
To admit I am afraid.
My men and I must fight,
To keep freedom day and night.
With bombs blasting overhead,
It’s amazing that I’m not dead.
But, God has something for me planned,
So, in this forgotten country I stand.
We will keep looking for the man,
Who shocked us, from Afghanistan,
Took things we cherished most,
Our lives, our families, and yet he still boasts.
He’d better run far, far, away,
From his own country, we’re here to stay.
Until we find him, to find some justice,
He messed with the wrong country, when he messed with us.
©2003 Myc Blackie all rights reserved
NEVER AGAIN
I saw the clouds darken and I heard the roar,
I turned around and you were gone forever more.
As the tears started rolling and I turned back to see,
Where you had been no longer could be.
The planes they were still flying,
My heart was still dying,
The buildings were still crumbling,
And the destruction was just numbing.
Are you there?
Can you hear my heart, my soul, just screaming?
Are you there?
Can someone wake me up and tell me I am dreaming?
Now almost two years later, we are at war.
Some say they have to wonder just what for.
They don’t seem to realize, how much we lost,
Looking in their eyes they never paid the cost.
Our soldiers are overseas fighting, risking their lives,
Families are doing without and saying goodbye.
I wonder sometimes how little people can know,
How much losing someone can hurt you so.
Are you there?
Can you hear my heart, my soul, just screaming?
Are you there?
Can someone wake me up and tell me I am dreaming?
I am here wherever you may be,
I am here our love will last for eternity.
I am here, fighting the very people who took your life,
I am here, my heart, my soul, you have it, my wife.
©2004 Myc Blackie productions all rights reserved
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