We see you
In airports ready to board
flights into the unknown
where you will prepare
for unknown dangers.
You give us your greatest gift,
your protection and faith in us.
We see you
holding up signs,
standing at the intersection
of our lives
after your service
after your loss
of innocence
and youth.
You gave us your greatest gift,
your belief in us.
And what have we given you?
Tell us how we can ever repay
what you gave us every day
of service to our country.
Tell us how we can ever repay
the faith you placed in us
to do the right thing
with the freedom you won
on battlefields we never see,
hidden by our selfish need
to pretend freedom has no cost.
You pay the price for us
every day in every way
that truly counts.
We see you.
We honor you.
We love you.
When we think of you.
Today, we do.
And, tomorrow, too.
This, I promise you.
annarino writes 