I know you are fearful...................
Questioning your mortality -
How much longer?
When will I draw my last breath?
What is the purpose in all of this
Death, destruction, and in the name of what?
I know you are uncertain..................
Am I doing the right thing?
Do I have the right to take another life?
What is my objective -
Power, greed, recognition,
Or a better life - but for who?
I know you are tormented..................
Why am I here?
Who will care for my family if I don't return?
Will they remember me, the man,
Or just a picture on a stone monument,
Or a name on the wall of heroes?
Rest easy, my son...............
Release your burdens -
Know that I watch over you
And will lift you when you fall,
Feel my presence surrounding you
And guiding you
You are never alone.
3/25/2009
(For all soldiers everywhere)
Linda Ori
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/solace-23/
