Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

We are men who swore our lives for what we feel is right

We stand by our country in the dawn’s early light

We are ready to fight and will to stand

In an unknown battle in some far away land

We realize the chance of death is close at hand

For what is wrong or right no one understands

We leave our friends, we leave our loved ones in despair

Leaving nothing but memories and distant stare

We are sons or fathers to our family’s we know

We are the unknown soldier to the enemy our foe

We fight for you to our last dying breath

We lie on battlefields with stench of death

So we live our lives with a hope and prayer

Hoping one day someone will realize and show they care

One single soldier now guards my grave

Where white cross’s stand and flags now wave

Time repeats itself so they say

How many soldiers must it take before we learn the right way

Robert W. Becker
82nd Airborne