Edgar A. Tieman

WE ARE HERE

Operation Enduring Freedom began
Old Glory and the Union Jack
Flew proudly side by side
In the middle of the night
Silently the attack began
To rid the world of a cancerous growth

Like the Fourth July the fireworks began
Silver needles from the ground and air
With precision found their marks
With the skill of a surgeon knife
Removing a cancerous growth
From the land

There will be death on each side
And the ones captured alive
Ours is the ones I fear for the most
Deep in my heart and my tears flow
I hope I’m wrong
But I feel that those captured
Will be made an example of

The ground lit up the night
As shooting stars through the dark
Found their marks with delight
Exploding fires leaped high
As a beacon of warning
That we are here to rid
The land of terrorism