Steven Siegel Poet Prose

The Loss of American Soldiers Today

We lost Five American Soldiers Today 
Steve L Siegel 
July, 2015 
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Today we had a mass shooting 
Were we lost five brave American soldiers 
Not in combat or in some foreign country, 
But, here in our own. 
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Not only to be recalled by their wife's and their children's 
They'll be missed also by this whole nation 
They will be remembered by all now and forevermore 
What that man did not count on was this country of ours 
You see, now this whole country is weeping with you tonight. 
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We have to remember that sometimes 
Soldiers must give their lives 
So that others may have there freedoms. 
We just never knew that it'd be this way 
In our own homeland. 
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We must remember them all in their 
Good times and happy times 
Don't let this mad man take away their glory, 
These five soldiers choose this life to live 
I know that they would've asked you to carry on. 
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They were our best and brightest 
Let that be their glory! 
For died as American Soldiers for all of us, 
With their boots on and as brother-in-arms... 
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To those whose five who have died this week 
Rest in peace and God Bless each 
And every family-member... 
I salute you, this nation salute's you.. 
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P.S. I write this as a former Solder myself.

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Suzanne Delaney July 22, 2015 at 9:15 PM Thanks for the much needed salute to the fallen....they should never have died on their own soil. God Bless them God Bless you We do care....SuZ Steven Siegel July 22, 2015 at 10:38 PM They will be now, because this guy burn these five men into our minds. Thank you your kind words.