SEMPER FI....excerpt from "Written in Blood"

SEMPER FI

Twisted shards of metal

Impacting the unprotected flesh

Screams of anguish echo in the loud silence

Blood trickles from the gaping wounds

Shell casings surround the tracks of war

Following the duty engulfed soldier

The soul slips into an eternal abyss

Internal tears the only solace remaining

The day lay in a harmonious peace

For death chooses no victors

War for them has ceased

Transforming each from veteran to victim

As the flames of a phoenix renew

So to does the life of a soldier

Redeemed through the vigilance

That awaits those who threaten the freedom

Enduring the separation from humanity

Compelled by honor and a sense of duty

Standing proud on the wall

The choice is made

Semper fi

Thank You is Never Enough..excerpt from 'Written in Blood'

A Thank You Is Never Enough

For Standing proud day or night

For wearing the Uniform that some may hate

For sacrificing friends and family

A Thank You is Never Enough

 

For cold lonely nights in far away lands

For having MREs instead of a home cooked meal

For early morning PT in sub zero temperatures

A Thank You is Never Enough

 For staring down the barrel of a gun

For facing your own mortality day after day

For countless nightmares that haunt

A Thank You is Never Enough

For coming home battered or bruised

For not coming home at all

For finding peace within the loud silence

A Thank You is Never Enough

For yearly holidays taken for granted

For parades and ceremonies and medals adorned

For being a SOLDIER

A Thank You is Never Enough