TO BE A SOLDIER

TO BE A SOLDIER

I wanted to be a soldier
so all our children could be free,
hoping they’d never have to fight
to live in lands of liberty.
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War still continues to take lives
from the defenders of our land.
Terrorists would make mockery
of the freedom for which we stand.
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Now the nation’s young come forward
and make me proud as I can be
as they fight for the higher ground
to better defend you and me.
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Some still want to be a soldier
with peace upon this world at stake
knowing that it’s the only way
some small difference they can make.
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If no one would be a soldier,
an end of freedom we could face;
the finish to our existence,
the liberated human race.

1/1/07

Monty

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