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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=560262" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Just A Simple Soldier</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was getting old and paunchy, <br>and his hair was falling fast, <br>As he sat around the Legion, <br>telling stories of his past.<br>Of a war that he had fought in, <br>and the deeds that he had done, <br>In his exploits with his buddies, <br>they were heroes, everyone.<br>And though sometimes to his neighbors<br>his tales became a joke, <br>All his buddies listened, <br>for they knew whereof he spoke.<br>But we'll hear his tales no longer, <br>for old Bob has passed away, <br>And the world's a little poorer, <br>for a soldier died today.<br>He won't be mourned by many, <br>just his children and his wife, <br>For he lived an ordinary, <br>very quiet sort of life.<br>He held a job and raised a family, <br>quietly going on his way, <br>And the world won't note his passing, <br>though a soldier died today.<br>When politicians leave this earth, <br>their bodies lie in state, <br>While thousands note their passing<br>and proclaim that they were great.<br>Papers tell of their life stories, <br>from the time that they were young, <br>But the passing of a soldier, <br>goes unnoticed, and unsung.<br>Is the greatest contribution, <br>to the welfare of our land, <br>Some jerk who breaks his promise, <br>and cons his fellow man? <br>Or the ordinary fellow, <br>who in times of war and strife, <br>goes off to serve his country<br>and offers up his life? <br>The politicians stipend, <br>and the style in which he lives, <br>Are sometimes disproportionate, <br>to the service that he gives.<br>While the ordinary soldier, <br>who offered up his all, <br>Is paid off with a medal, <br>and perhaps a pension, small.<br>It's so easy to forget them, <br>for it is so long ago, <br>That our Bob's and Jim's and Johnny's, <br>went to battle, but we know.<br>It was not the politicians, <br>with their compromise and ploys, <br>Who won for us this freedom, <br>that our country now enjoys.<br>Should you find yourself in danger, <br>with your enemies at hand, <br>Would you really want some cop-out, <br>with his ever waffling stand? <br>Or would you want a soldier, <br>who has sworn to defend, <br>His home, his kin, and country, <br>and would fight until the end? <br>He was just a common soldier, <br>and his ranks are growing thin, <br>But his presence should remind us, <br>we may need his type again.<br>For when countries are in conflict, <br>then we find the soldier's part, <br>Is to clean up all the troubles, <br>that politicians start.<br>If we cannot do him honor, <br>while he's here to hear the praise, <br>Then at least lets give him homage, <br>at the ending of his days.<br>Perhaps just a simple headline, <br>in the paper that might say, <br>'OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, <br>FOR A SOLDIER DIED TODAY.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Summer+Sandercox">Summer Sandercox</a><div class=q>
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and his hair was falling fast, 
As he sat around the Legion, 
telling stories of his past.
Of a war that he had fought in, 
and the deeds that he had done, 
In his exploits with his buddies, 
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