Military Poems

Medals

Don't envy a man his medals

All those ribbons on his chest

He did not try to get them

They're not there at his request

They were earned in stinking hell holes

Where no man would like to go

Or in cold and wintry places

Where there's only ice and snow

He did not know he earned them

Till they were awarded at parade

And they were bright when he first got them

But in time the colors fade

He was told he had to wear them

And to wear them all with pride

But when the memories come to haunt him

Those same medals make him hide

Cause those medals will not bring back

All those guys he left behind

And he would trade them all forever

For a little peace of mind

So don't envy a man his medals

You don't want to take his place

Thinking back to long gone battles

And meeting dead friends face to face

~Unknown