GOING HOME
This Soldier
Heading home this day
left a boy now a man
survived in a violent land
This Soldier
Heading home this day
a different view out this window pane
knowing life will never be the same
This Soldier
Heading home this day
Aftershocks settle from the past year
as flag draped coffins fill the rear
This Soldier
Heading home this day
as buddies remain, completing their tour
giving their all inside hells door
This Soldier
Heading home this day
quietly sitting not much to say
entering the clouds, flying away
This Soldier
Heading home this day
Saying prayers for those left behind
keep them safe these days and times
This Soldier
Heading home this day
Happy but sad, feeling safe and free
knowing others will die for me
This Soldier
Heading home this day
Fought in battle, have taken life
somehow leaving does not seem right
This Soldier
Heading home this day
Part of me will always be there
always will have that... thousand yard stare