The Thief of Honor

The Thief of Honor

The Phony Hero, the fake marine
with their stolen valor, bemedalled chests.
These are the lowest of the low
Who steal the honors of our best.

Those who never took the field
Never came face to face with death.
Presume to wear the highest honors
And campaign ribbons on their chests.

True heroes lie in Arlington,
Or in a hundred foreign fields
Or else live quiet private lives’
And never boast about their deeds.

The thieves of honor think to gain
high office from their pilfery.
But they will only garner shame
Once we expose their perfidy.

poem by John F. McCullagh
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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