<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=435767" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Fort Hood</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Young then, <br>And committed.<br>Feeling patriotic...<br>Obligated.<br>With desires to protect.<br>A country loved with much respect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Much now has transpired, <br>Since those days I enlisted.<br>And wanting to whip some ass.<br>In the military wanting to save, <br>Rights of my family and others.<br>No one had to ask.<br>Too proud I was of the task.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today my sorrows are with soldiers, <br>At Fort Hood.<br>And those who died unexpectedly<br>Shot and shocked, <br>By one of their own.<br>With intentions unknown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And here I sit, <br>Wanting and trying to make sense...<br>Of all of this.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew when I was an airman then, <br>My devotion was unquestionable...<br>Towards my fellow comrades, <br>Family and friends.<br>And I...<br>For the life of me, <br>Will never comprehend...<br>How someone can harm their own.<br>And wear the uniform of trust.<br>Others rely upon and depend.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My heart goes out to those at Fort Hood.<br>The soldiers who wear their uniforms.<br>With a quest to sacrifice their lives, <br>Day and night.<br>And even though actions of one, <br>Will never make a horrible action understood.<br>As a veteran I offer my empathy to give.<br>Knowing your tears weeped, <br>Will be with you for a while to keep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We can only pray those conflicts that exist, <br>Come to an end...<br>For all affected by these wars that bring disturbances, <br>Like the one you've experienced.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And forgive.<br>Because we must! <br>We must demand to have a future...<br>Stripped of hatred! <br>Racist debates.<br>To realize humanity given to us ALL, <br>Is God's gift! <br>To uplift.<br>And not abandon! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>In Dedication: <br>To those who serve at Food Hood, Texas.<br>In and/or out of uniform.<br>But united in sorrows felt! <br>May God bless you.<br>Healing your pain to relieve you soon, <br>from grief.<br>~lsp~</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=435767" data-title="Fort Hood de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Young then, And committed. Feeling patriotic... Obligated. With desires to protect. A country loved with much respect. Much now has transpired, Since those days I enlisted. And wanting to whip some ass. In the military wanting to save, Rights ..."></div> </div> </div>

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