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Contributor: Kelly Rossi || Poem Categories

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The soldier got out of his rack
This day won’t be so bad he thought
Only a few more weeks left in this deployment
Then I’ll be going home

He thought of all he wanted to see
And all he wanted to do
Lets get this day behind me
Soon I’ll be going home

He got himself some breakfast
Made the usual remarks about the eggs
Then it was on to the HUVEE for the day
For soon he was going home

The patrol started and found them all on guard
For the elections were approaching
And people planned to do harm.
The mission it was simple
The task it was clear
Get back to camp in one piece
Because soon they’d be going home.

The day was going well
Almost to good to be true
“Tomorrow’s gonna be hell” they thought
“But no matter what we’ll get through”
Just a few more weeks and we’ll all be going home.

It was the driver that said it first
One of the last the base camp heard
“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!” as the horizon turned to haze
“No big deal, just a sandstorm” was all the squad leader said.
“Well I guess the POG’s were right”.
Just pull over and wait it out
We’ll be home before tonight.

The driver tried to pull over
Though he really couldn’t see
The roadside dropped off
The canal was pretty deep
As the HUMVEE rolled over
It appeared they would get home

The storm pass on
As other vehicles did
Finally someone spotted theirs
And called out for them to “hang on”
The silence that answered back made the truth of the situation clear
These five brave soldiers had finally made it home

Now the waiting is over
Their mission is complete
Now the honor and pleasure is theirs
For the reward is twice as sweet
Since they made it home.

In Honor Of Sgt. Javier Marin Jr. (1/21/76 - 1/24/05)
By Kelly Rossi
Copyright 2005
Listed March 24, 2008

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