Remember ALL our veterans

[Drumcorpsbrat]

BROKEN WARRIOR

That funny look upon your face,

Whenever I pass by.

Tells me you don't understand,

The patch upon my eye.

My wheelchair is a novelty,

It makes a certain sound.

I got it several years ago,

When my legs could not be found.

You stare at me and then you turn,

In hopes I'll go away.

Hello, my friend, is what I've been,

Hoping you will say.

I lost more than my legs and eye

Fighting for Uncle Sam

I came back home to find

I don't know who I really am

They gave me a place to call my own

It's call the D.A.V.

And when you say your prayers at night

I hope you'll remember me

Some of my friends are on the streets

They spend their time alone

America's broken warriors

On the street without a home?

Before the war when I was strong

And everything was here

If you had known me then you'd know

I'm nothing you should fear

The other vets all feel the same

We're nothing you should dread

We are the one's who fought for you

And Freedom's why we bled

So the next time you see me on the street

Or saluting the flag passing by

You'll understand the reason for the tear

In the corner of my single eye.

Written from the heart by Rebecca Cole

This poem just struck me as sad but true...... Please take a moment to remember ALL of our Vets...Ones lost to war, the ones who came back disabled and to the ones who came home to continue their lives normally, or as normally as they could.

God Bless our vets and God Bless America............

A special thank you to all my family members who have fought for our freedom.........

Edited May 28, 2006 by Drumcorpsbrat

[Bill Stalzer]

That was super. And as a vet I thank you for it. I will be watching

a parade tomorrow, where a friend of my mine, a Viet Nam vet

will be marching. God bless all vets. Lest we forget.