a poem for the men and women in iraq

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Open Poetry #39

a poem for the men and women in iraq

dollmaker
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since 2006-08-30

Posts 155
mass dorchester

0 posted 2006-12-06 06:56 PM

I AM A LONELY SOLDIER IN IRAQ, I MISS MY HOME IN

USA, OH GOD I WISH I WAS THERE TODAY INSTEAD OF

BEING SO FAR AWAY.

I HAVE TO ALWAYS WATCH BACK DOWN HERE IN IRAQ, IT'S

NOT @ ALL LIKE BEING @ HOME. I HAVE MADE FRIENDS

WITH SOME THE GALS AND GUYS THAT I WORK WITH

EVERYDAY HERE IN IRAQ & WE ALL MISS IT BACK @ HOME.

THE FIGHTING HAS TAKEN MANY LIVES OF SOLDIERS LIKE

ME AND SEEMS WITH EACH PASSING DAY FIGHTING DOES

NOT SEEM TO SLOW DOWN AND WE ALL MISS OUR COUNTRY,

OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN OUR HOMETOWNS.

WE ALL MISS OUR WIVES AND HUSBANDS, KIDS AND MOMS

& DADS AND EVEN FAMILY PETS. A BRIGHT SPOT IN OUR

LIVES ARE THE LETTERS AND CARE PACKAGES FROM HOME

THAT WE GET IT TELLS US WE ARE LOVED AND CARED

ABOUT. IT MAKES US SMILE IF ONLY FOR A LITTLE

WHILE. IT IS LIKE OPENING A BIG HOLIDAY GIFT, IT

MAKES US HAPPY AND WARMS HEARTS & MAKES US FEEL

SPECIAL. TO HAVE SOME FOOD FROM HOME. THINGS THAT

SOLDIERS LIKE ME DON'T HAVE HERE. CARE PACKAGES

ARE GREAT BECAUSE HOME DOES NOT SEEM SO FAR AWAY.

& IT GIVES ME HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER DAY. THIS POEM

WAS WRITTEN BY KERRI M BY REQUEST OF THE DOING FOR

OTHERS GROUP. A GROUP WHOSE SOUL PURPOSE IS

HELPING

OTHERS. WE ARE ALL DISABLED ADULTS WHO WANTED TO

SAY THANKS FOR PROTECTING FREEDOM IN THE USA AND

ELSEWHERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THIS

POEM & CARE PACKAGE OUR ADDRESS IS COMMUNITY

EXPERIENCE 122 MAIN ST. WATERTOWN MASS. USA.

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