TODAY WAS OUR REUNION
LIKE MANY TIMES BEFORE
WE GATHERED AT OUR FAVORITE PLACE
AND REMINESSED ONCE MORE.
WE STARTED OUT AS YOUNG MEN
WE SIGNED TO FIGHT THE WAR
WE LEFT BEHIND OUR LOVED ONES
YELLING, "I LOVE YOU ONCE MORE."
THE DAYS AND NIGHTS WERE ENDLESS
THE FIGHTING NEVER CEASED
I KNOW GOD WALKED BESIDE US
SO WE COULD GET SOME SLEEP.
WE COULDN'T SLEEP FOR HOURS
IT WAS ONLY FOR AWHILE
JUST LONG ENOUGH TO REST YOUR EYES
SO OUR LEGS COULD WALK MORE MILES.
WE CAME SO CLOSE TO DEATH ONE NIGHT
WE THANKED OUR LUCKY STARS
FOR ANOTHER GROUP OF SOLDIERS
WHOSE LIVES EXIST NO MORE.
FOR WE WERE ON A MISSION
TO HOLD THE CHINESE BACK
UNKNOWN TO US- IT WAS SUCIDE
FROM WHICH WE WOULDN'T BE BACK.
BUT GOD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR US
AND WHEN OUR TIME WAS DONE
WE CAME HOME TO OUR LOVED ONES
EACH AND EVERY ONE.
SO NOW WE HAVE REUNIONS
AND WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR
IT SEEMS WE LOSE A LOVED ONE
HOW SAD-AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
WE CAN PROUDLY SAY WE'RE AMERICAN'S
AND WE EACH FOUGHT IN THE WAR
AND WE DID IT FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND WE'D DO IT AGAIN ONCE MORE.

BY LINDA MALCOMB 08-20-05

DEDICATED TO MY DAD WHO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR