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Dear SirMa'am
Contributed by
wrdz
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Friday, 27th October 2006 @ 09:17:54 AM in AEST
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The following received an Honorable Mention in the “ Honoring Our Veterans” Contest on Veterans Group at the Writing.com Writers website.
Dear Sir/Ma’am:
I take it an honor for you to accept my letter. I would be honored to have you read the whole thing. I don’t have many people to talk to, so I write my thoughts down, and read them back, and then just file them away. At least I have released my emotions and feelings by just simply putting them on my computer if nothing else. I’ll let you get started now, as your time is probably valuable to you. Thank you for your time.
First of all, I’d like to explain this letter.
I am a disabled American Veteran, and am very proud to be one as I volunteered for the U.S. Army back in 1966. And I don’t regret that decision one bit. While in the military, I noticed a lot of those who got out were not being treated as well as I had hoped, and started to notice it even more when I was discharged (honorably, and medically). I have over the years noticed that our veterans, even today, do not get the treatment they deserve. I think my vision of treatment is mostly from the public in general, and some from the U.S. Government that we so proudly served back then, and now as well. These thoughts began to “haunt” me, and I was somehow “forced” to try and get rid of them. My way of doing that is by writing it down, rereading it, and then filing it away. I have been thinking since the 4th of July, 2006 of those same things coming back again. I wanted to express them, but found I had no one to whom I could express these thoughts.
The first piece, second piece, and third piece, are all what I think of as “voices” of actions as they are what I noticed from veterans who served in Viet Nam (even though I never spoke to any of them, their actions said a lot to me). I said to myself “These may be the actions put into words about veterans from the Viet Nam era, but other veterans of other wars had to have had similar experiences, and war does not seem to have changed much except for the technological advances. So why not let everyone know that these must be the general aftereffects of war. Please understand that no one wants to have these aftereffects. They are all part of what comes with that package. And they are very powerful reactions and effects. I apologize for babbling on so. Maybe you should just read and judge for yourself. It would help me a lot to know that my words are there for others to read, and have the knowledge that someone else cares, too. Thank you for your time.
The Vet
The man of whom
I'm about to speak,
Is a man so cold,
Yet mild and meek.
He's a man
Who knew
What he
Had to do
To keep this
Country safe for
People like
Me and you.
This man
In Nam,
Dodged many
A bomb.
He watched
People die.
Many like
You and I.
They were mostly innocent,
Or so you might think;
Or would they stab you in the back
And an eye never blink.
Trust is something
There was little of.
It was mostly Faith
That came from Above.
Most of his tour
Was a living Hell.
And when he got home,
His pride nearly fell.
Here he was,
Home.... And free.
But himself he found
He could never be.
A Ranger's Wish
We all have an instinct to live.
And who knows, without the Ranger,
We might be
In real danger.
Their
Main goal
Was to save a
Buddy's soul.
So they could
All come home
And never
Feel alone.
Rangers
Are men
Willing to do
Whatever, and then,
Justify as
They need,
Their
"Dirty deed."
What seems dirty
To us, is
A fight for
Survival to them.
At least
That's the way
They lived
Every day.
They come
Home for affection
But, instead,
Find rejection
From a
Country
They
All love.
Their feelings are....
They wish they were dead.
All the while thinking....
"What a shame! How my buddies blood was shed."
They feel
Anger and Shame.
And it's
Themselves they blame.
Because their country
Turned its back away,
But they still try to live
From day to day.
All these
Things above
Are what they get
From a country they still love.
M.I.A.'s Forever
When our
Boys came back,
It seems to me,
They caught a lot of flack.
When they got home,
They weren't themselves.
And most people just shoved
Them back on separate shelves.
People didn't know
Who these men were.
Some used to be
Like a cuddly ball of fur.
But now, they were more
Like a keg of nails.
Many of them were
Sickly and pale.
They didn't
Act the same;
And no one took the time
To ask "Who's to blame?"
To most of these guys,
They'd seen better days.
Now they feel like
The M. I. A.'s.
They know
They'll never be
What their families
Used to see.
They know the
True fact!
They'll never be able
To bring themselves back.
Reality has
This to say;
They will always
Be "M. I. A. 's."
And last, but not least, our flag. Regardless of what day it is recognized. My interpretation of what the colors of our flag stand for:
Representation Under The Flag
As we all know, there are three colors to our great Representative of Freedom:
The Blue represents the beauty of our great land, and at the same time, the hard hits and bruises we've taken to get where we are today.
The White represents our being the "Good Guys" who try to help other nations when they are struggling for Democracy and self-representation.
And last, but not least (by anyone's standards), the Red represents all of the many men and women who gave their life's blood to see to it that we are able to celebrate our Freedom.
Why then, do some "people" want to desecrate that representation?
Thank you for taking your time to read through this.
wrdz
Copyright ©
wrdz
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2006-10-27 09:17:54]
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Re: Dear SirMa'am
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by angelfreak on
Friday, 27th October 2006 @ 12:24:02 PM AEST
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Great writing WRDZ. So sad and so true. Even though our soldiers receive a little more recognition and honor when they come home now, than they did in the past. I still don't think it's enough. It's really sad that not everyone can understand and comprehend the things these men and women go through on a daily basis just to keep us safe.
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Re: Dear SirMa'am
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by wrdz on
Friday, 27th October 2006 @ 10:30:08 PM AEST
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| I thank you for your comment just as seriously as I thank those serving to keep us safe and free. You have honored me greatly. Thank you, again. |
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Re: Dear SirMa'am
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by emystar on
Saturday, 8th December 2007 @ 07:34:32 PM AEST
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That's alot of reading but it's great writing, touching, deep, and all needs to be said.
Hang tuff, my friend.
Big huggs,
emy |
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