I fight for....

I stare into the emptiness
of this dark, dismal night
and contemplate the reasons
I have come here to fight.

I've gone across the ocean
leaving all I know behind
to help protect the freedoms
endowed to all mankind.

I do not fight for oil
no matter what they say.
I came to fight for freedom
and the American way.

I fight fomy family
my children and my wife.
I fight for neighbors
to preserve their way of life.

I fight for the dream
of what we all could be
if the people of this world
were granted liberty.