Like we Love our Kids
Someday we’ll pay for all the things we did
We broke some stuff and made some noise
We love our soldiers like we love our kids
Methods and motives are better left hid
Nothing’s too good for our girls and boys
Someday we’ll pay for all the things we did
Missed every birthday, but I always did
Send a little box of love and joy
We love our soldiers like we love our kids
The mighty don’t fall so much as they skid
Lives and countries have been destroyed
Someday we’ll pay for all the things we did
Love ain’t cheap, so what’s your bid?
Can’t you see how much we spend on toys?
We love our soldiers like we love our kids
War and kids: Patriotic joy
Up too close they begin to annoy
Someday we’ll pay for all the things we did
We love our soldiers like we love our kids
by Richard W. Bray
Tags: child poverty in America, greed, Poetry, Villanelle, Walter Reed Hospital, War
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