Troops

As we fight we die While we live we cry Horrors and pain Over soldiers slain Not just soldiers but people with lives With sons, daughters and wives There not just another chess piece For without them all hope would cease Our military is not just a whole Each man has a role The loss of one should be the same as the loss of all We should morn those who died at our nations call Not just go on with our day While we ignore the price they pay We live in our little sheltered existence Ignorant of what goes on in the distance People die for our way of life And we repay them with strife 2/26/09