A.I.'s post
Appalachianist 15 April, 2006
You heard the call and had no choice but heed it
Through long goodbyes and things still left to do
So you packed your bag and went through the emotions
Because it is and isn't what you want to do
A citizen, a good one, from the mountian
A soldier when the nation needs one, too
A friend to folks that's never even met you
A simple man that shares a simple truth
My friend we're gonna worry 'bout you leaving
Just like we're gonna miss you while you're gone
But we're way too proud for any sort of grieving
And we know we're gonna see you before long
It's a job you have to do. Sometimes you're needed
Because it isn't right to take more than you give
I don't pretend to speak for what you're thinking
Though you make it clear enough the way you live
And my friend we're gonna worry 'bout you leaving
Just like we're gonna miss you while you're gone
But we're way too proud for any sort of grieving
And we know we're gonna see you before long
Ed
Brandon
There is more that this should say. But this is where I end it. It is important that it remains uncomplicated.
Send us tales from the suck. And keep you head low. As a navy guy I'll probably screw this up, but... Hoo-ah!
Grateful, out
Ramblin' Ed
That's what I'm about. Ramblin' Ed at 4:25 AM
5 comments:
War is an ugly thing, but it is not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made so by the exertions of better men than himself."
-- John Stuart Mill
Nicely done, Ed.
Janie, thank you. It comes pretty easy when you mean it.
When somebody I know goes off to fight for America, I am proud and sad at the same time. Proud that somebody loves this country enough to lay his life on the line and sad that I am unable to do so. I don't know A.I. but I still harbor the same feelings. Come back safely.
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