A Soldier’s Good-Bye

I could hear the weeping willows bellowing

The look of terror in people’s eyes

Seemed as stormy as the winter sky .

Gear was packed with clothes, boots, hats…

Shots were administered,

And M-16’s and body bags were issued for every every soldier going abroad .

Good-byes were said to family and friends

And many tears were bled,

A sick and hideous thought lurked in the back of everyone’s mind—

What will this person going away look like dead?

Planes were boarded with soldiers gear and all.

Engines roared signaling preparation for takeoff

Which gave everyone on board a chance to look back at their loved ones

And seeing that last tear fall from their eye

Turning around and facing forward the plane began to roll away and there was no looking back!

As the planes were beginning to ascend

Many broken hearted and fearful soldiers broke down and cried.