<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392894" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Control and Hold Back the Tears</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not many Americans really know what goes on, <br>And why when we get home so many of us veterans have in common, <br>Even though a lot of our memories are not the same, <br>We still have the same feelings as we lost our buddies and still can remember them name by name.<br>It all starts as we go out and go on patrol, <br>We pray to come back in one piece, which is our goal.<br>And yes, this is something that everyone prays for, <br>Because we see so much that hurts our hearts more and more.<br>To see our buddies get thrown and blown around, <br>Some are hurt and some just wounded, but others are heaven bound.<br>Coming back home is something that we all have to deal with and it is very hard, <br>Especially as we see our friends being buried in a National Cemetery grave yard.<br>To think that we will always remember these things as we get older and go through the years, <br>It's hard for us not to think about it and hold back the tears.<br>Some of us come with deep echoes and ringing sounds in our mind, <br>This causes us to lose control and to keep our way of thinking in a bind.<br>It is really hard for a lot of people to understand what it feels like to come back, <br>And to always feel like you are under attack.<br>Yes, this time of pain and is hard to control.<br>with help from the Lord and our family, we try to calm our soul.<br>As the time goes on and more and more of us are coming back and being diagnosed, <br>It finally helps us come out of our deep and wanting to be alone, and comatose.<br>Thank you to everyone that wants to try to understand what it feels like for us to go through and see what we see.<br>Because in our lives, it is finally here to show us that there is someone who cares for them and for me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By Frank Pulver</div><div style="margin:10px 0">SSgt/ USMCR</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Pulver">Frank Pulver</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392894" data-title="To Control and Hold Back the Tears de Frank Pulver" data-description="Not many Americans really know what goes on, And why when we get home so many of us veterans have in common, Even though a lot of our memories are not the same, We still have the same feelings as we lost our buddies and still can remember them ..."></div> </div> </div>

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