Freedom Soldier Poems

Satan has been bound
I have been set free at last
My trials has all passed....

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You are
                       ...

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The people at the terminal,
patted him on the back and cheered.
They said welcome back home soldier,
and then they quickly disappeared.

They pushed and shoved their way...

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I look up to someone who
Doesn't know the things they do
Keeps me safe from harm each day
Every time they go away
And do a job without...

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There are three colors I see
Meaning freedom for you and me
Because you fight weeks and months too
Defending our red, whit, and blue
Risking your life night...

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Giggles and chuckles flutter in the meadows,
Prancing ponytails, peekaboo under the tree's shadows,
Protected below the blanket of the quiet sky,
A realm of peace, a paradise...

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Gary returned to his small town with a plate in his head.
He had been bright but was not quite that much now.
A gung-ho soldier who...

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Glory to the Departed
by Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett

I had to be free.
Now I am gone,
But remember me 
So freedom goes on.

Not an easy road to...

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Freedom is never given away,
or bought with a few pieces of green.
It’s only earned through strife and struggle,
in those places most have never seen.

Freedom always...

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The moon illuminated the scenery of crisis
Leaving my hands on my sweating face, as my eyes fade in hypnosis.
I see life at a glance,
Sweet and...

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Hey Mr. President tell us don't we have the right
To question your authority when you send us off to fight?
Are we never to answer when...

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Your blood cries out to us
        beneath a benign grassy grave

     Yours was the...

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They Say He’s A Loser

They say he’s a loser and repeater
But he ignores them and stays in battle
He’s really a brave army and trooper
For him,...

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He’s a young old man as he
Shambles down the street
With his thousand yard stare so
His eyes and yours seldom meet.
Some times he’s sober
Sometimes he’s not
Sometimes...

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this is a story...

of courage
and heroism.
after agonizing months
in captivity, withstanding
the churning maelstrom
of unspeakable horrors
day in, day out;
frequently subjected 
to torture, mockery,
psychological warfare, etc,
the long-suffering prisoners...

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