Don’t Ever Ask A Soldier
written by: roger turner
@titansdad
Don’t ever ask a soldier
Rules remain unwritten
They’re known but left unsaid
You don’t speak ill will of someone
Especially the dead
Keep off the grass
don’t dare go there
Don’t touch
and put that down
are nothing when you
hold them to
the people in the ground
You never ask a soldier
If he’s seen somebody die
You will not get an answer
But, you see it in their eyes
They live with this deep secret
It burns a hole inside their heart
So, don’t ever ask this question
Don’t put the horse before the cart
Your grandad, earned our freedom
As did many others too
They fought for future generations
that means they fought for me and you
Freedom is a concept
One that many do not get
It’s a thing taken for granted
And that should make us all upset
The battles that they went through
both in realtime and their mind
For a concept such as freedom
To which so many remain blind
You never ask a soldier
If he’s seen somebody die
You will not get an answer
But, you see it in their eyes
Be grateful and respectful
To show they did not die in vain
don’t ever ask a soldier
Don’t make him show his pain
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