I Thank You

I thank you for being willing to serve, And give the bad guys what they deserve. I thank you for being available day or night, To go where needed and continue the fight. I thank you for bearing discomfort and pain, So liberty and freedom our country may gain. I thank you for your willingness to leave children, husband or wife, And for being willing, if needed, to lay down your life. I thank you for standing with silent strength, While the ungrateful ridicule you at length. For being willing to continue in spite of their hate, For not visiting upon them their much deserved fate. You are a soldier, an American, brave and true. You are my hero, and I thank you.