A Veterans Story

Returning Home

I couldn't believe it all
Everything I saw
I heard what they all screamed
They just didn't have it right

We aren't baby killers
It wasn't our choice
We did the best we could
I guess it wasn't enough

We were insulted for our doings
That we shouldn't have gone
We didn't have a choice you see
All of us were forced

Many of the friends I had made
Died without a home
Lost their wives and kids
Why'd they have to go?

I was one of the lucky ones
I still had all my limbs
I did a lot of smoking
Which started to slowly kill me

I found the one who I cared about
She's been waiting for me
Tears in her eyes and a bright smile
We ran to each other and cried

We stood for nearly an hour
As all the people screamed
We didn't seam to care at all
She was glad I came home

I told her I simply couldn't break a promise
It just wasn't in me
She said that was a good thing
And that I should never stop that