Happy Valentine’s Day

I see your face

Wrinkled from years,

Now you eyes

Are covered in tears

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The rest of the group

Smiles and says

“Happy Valentine’s Day

Dear Vet”

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But I can’t leave

I’m drawn to your past

Just some silly trip

Or so I thought

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I can’t imagine

All the battles you won and lost

I thought your face would soon fade

But, now it never will

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A simple card

Handed out carelessly,

Smile, I thought

And just move away

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But once I saw the tears

Steaming down your face

I knew I had to stay

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Never did I think

That one disabled old man

Could mane me devise this plan

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I must learn more about you

So the story will never die

About the war, what you did

And why

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So now the story ends

And I decided to volunteer my time

To all those old veterans

With out families and denied.

A/N:I wrote this after handing out Valentines Day cards to old veterans at the local V.A. hospital