This poem always makes me cry...
#3 HOW CAN THEY
How can everyone around me be calm and act normal each day
While my Marine fights for their freedom in a land far away
How can they laugh, and talk while out and about, as if nothing is wrong
While I sit at home crying at every commercial, movie, and song
How can they not know the hurt I feel in my heart, torn between duty and fear
While they never think to ask if I need anything or need someone waiting near
How can they complain about having to be up before dawns early light
While my Marine crouches in a trench shivering from cold each and every night
How can they not see the images on television that I pray my children won't see
While those very images follow me to bed each night, ripping my spirit from me
How can they open their door at a single knock, not checking once to see who's there
While my heart stops when I hear a knock, thinking bad news is about to be shared
How can they not think of the struggles we survive each day when we love a Marine
While they share holidays, and happiness, my Marines hazel eyes are all I wish to see
How can they not thank the families of our Marines for the gifts that they quietly give
While ensuring in freedom, liberty, and peace they will forever live
AUTHOR: J.C.
