Much Like the Sun.

You look up to the sky. It is a normal summer day like any other. Sparse clouds line the sky and the sun beats down on you. Except this is no ordinary summer day. This is the day you ship out. You have said your good byes and cried with your lovers. The weight of your country rests upon your shoulders. It beats down on you much like the sun. It burns you if you are not properly prepared, much like the sun. Much like the sun you are depended on by all that you known. Depended on by your country. Much like the sun, you fade away into the night appearing in a different country