Scattered Ashes (By Kathleen W. Rodgers11/09) Scattered in the ashes in a land so far away Lay the remnants of a war fought by our soldiers An attempt to make wrongs turn into rights How do we judge the ultimate cost of this fight It’s so much more than loss of life We’ve lost our confidence in ourselves We fear any enemy we cannot see Our boys and girls are being sent out and turned old before their time The things that they are forced to see should ne’er cross any eyes This enemy is ugly and fights an unfair fight No rules of engagement for him just pure unadulterated hate Our soldiers fight on gallantly as their friends around them die Loss of limb is second nature as the mines blow up all day A village of civilians suddenly filled with firefight as the enemy takes control They care not who is innocent, life matters not to them How do we fight a fight when our enemy cannot be seen They hide behind the façade of innocence – men, women and even children And when we least expect it, they come out to kill and maim Now this fight has taken on a life of its very own It’s crossed over oceans and attacked us at our very homes Men hide in plain sight and walk our streets so free Then when we’re at our weakest they strike our very souls But what this unseen enemy failed to recognize is the pride in every American And the desire to make things right No matter how they feel about the neighbor down the street When an enemy puts a foot upon our land, all squabbles become obsolete We are a country full of pride We band together against all odds We will not let others dictate our lives That choice is only ours to make Don’t laugh at us or mock us Our temper you will flare We’ll try to settle things quietly at first But then your very lives will be ended by the grip of our iron hands Scattered in the ashes in a land now not so far away Lay the remnants of a war fought not only by our soldiers But all the citizens on the street
Our attempt to make the wrongs all right
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