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