'We few. We happy few. We Band of Brothers. <br />For those who shed their blood with us today <br />shall always be our Brothers' <br />'William Shakespeare' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />fought beside me in life's hell <br />stood when others fell <br /> <br />saw pain in rain- in monsoon <br />not enough to make a platoon <br /> <br />some led the way <br />on a different day <br /> <br />proud solders we stood <br />die for each other we would <br /> <br />metals won, but we don't wear <br />not really that we don't care <br /> <br />the 'welcome home' that we desired <br />has closed shop and retired <br /> <br />we meet once a year <br />each one -i hold dear <br /> <br />the road is long, filled with tears <br />the sun has sat on our fears <br /> <br />we sit, talk about spent lead <br />never forgetting the dead <br /> <br />next year, again we will meet <br />this band of brothers -so elite<br /><br />Joe Howell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/these-men-i-call-brothers/
