Veterans Outreach Center | Serving Veterans and Their Families



WHO DO YOU LOVE?

       Who do you love
      you who were spit on
      look around you now
      at those 19 and 20 year old boys
      can you believe
      that you were ever that young
      would you let that happen to them
      you were that age
      when you came back
      to this day I can't say
      came back ‘home’
      who do you love
      the country that denied you
      when you most needed her support
      young and insecure
      nerves strung out
      it let you take the brunt again
      then lied to you
      about Agent Orange
      those were your brothers who died from it
      and your nephews and nieces
      who were birth-defect from it
      what about the POW/MIAs
      those were your brothers
      that were left behind
      while Kissinger jet sets
      following the sun to easy times
      who do you love
      you love the USA
      and you proudly stand
      and place your hand over your heart
      when its flag is raised
      or you proudly hoist it yourself
      to carry it in a parade
      because you were the best this country had to offer
      and you still are
      the Vietnam vet
      you took everything they could throw at you
      both there and here
      you persevered
      because you learned to be strong
      and they ended up the losers
      as they were all along


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