To Those Who Appose
By: J. M. Perkins
Another day ends and so many more lose their life
Leaving behind friends, family, a husband or wife
Becoming a blurb in the paper or a number in the news
How many need be injured and even more that we lose
What do you say when you make that final call
That the one they loved is a memory on a wall
While we share the pain and we knew that person well
We continue living in this life that's turned to hell
Beginning to realize that this may be the last day we see
Not knowing who the next to fall will be
Leaving behind only pictures and blessed memories
Shared by many both at home and over seas
As hard as it is at times we still hold our head up high
And swear "Be damned on my watch I let another die"
Don't think to judge us because what you see on the TV
Until you are here too, fighting right beside of me
Many friends we've lost never to see their smile once more
And still YOU fail to realize what they have all died for…
Marching streets protesting and waving signs in the air
While we're dying for your freedom but I guess that's fair
Just remember this while you're laying in your bed
At least you can be at peace when you're resting your head
It's not because of the rallies you attend at town hall
But the ones who have stood and the ones who will fall…
FOR YOU
In Memory of Sgt Wright and SSG Mattero,
and all other soldiers who have lost their lives for their country.
We miss you and you will never be forgotten.
