Departed

My duty supreme.

Honor my dream.

For freedom and flag.

They gage me a tag.

Instructions to follow,

my mind ready, not hollow.

The courage to listen,

to execute the mission.

Respect not expected, you won’t understand,

the pursuit is not to gain upperhand.

To protect, to assist, to do right

is all I can muster within my small might.

And once I’ve departed,

think not you’ve outsmarted,

the situation that led

to my being dead.

For if not for me and the so many more,

the country would crumble and return to before.