Guardians

I heard the promise of freedom, Became an eager volunteer, Welcomed you to my country When you arrived here. Now, my world is in ashes. My life in despair I worked in your cause But you just don’t care. You came here as liberators Stayed here for twenty years Then like all schoolyard bullies Upped sticks and disappeared. A chaotic withdrawal But that’s what you do, Turn tail and run when The going gets hard for you. You broke all your commitments As you left most of us behind It seems to be a case of Out of sight out of mind. I am one of the very many Victims of your thoughtless wars Who believed in your intentions And fought in your cause. Disillusioned and in danger I ask my self the question why What did I do do wrong that You left me here possibly to die. All over so very quickly when You decided it was time to go And my world so very quickly Returned to a previous Status Quo Put not your faith in fine words Because when all said and done You seem to know no diplomacy Other than that of bullet and gun. And we join the millions of victims Of yet another unfinished cause As you return to Fortress America From yet another unfinished war. This poem does not in anyway disrespect the American Forces with whom I worked in the past, or the American people, just your crazy politicians, who like mine, will fight to the last drop of somebody else’s blood.