SURVIVORS GUILT.....

You answered the call
And asked no questions
You dropped everything
To serve your nation

You fought for strangers
In a foreign land
You gave blood, sweat and tears
You jumped on demand

You never looked back
You marched straight ahead
You fought your battles, no time to rest
You kept going instead

The horrors you saw
The victories you felt
Beside your dying friend
In prayer you knelt

To many comrades, to many
'Friends die
Yet you live, you survived
And now you ask why..

"SURVIVORS GUILT" is its
Given name
So many men lost
Yet you remain

"It should have been me"
You say to yourself
Yet you get to come home
And live out what is left

You return to your families
Who have waited so long
To have you back home
Right where you belong

Yet there are those of us who are
Left standing with empty hands
We lost our husbands, sons and dads
Somewhere in that land

Our hearts are broken, our lives
Torn in two..
Our eyes are filled with tears,
What are we to do?

With questions unanswered and
Lessons yet to learn
Our government is no help
Where can we turn?

It is to you, those who
'Have come home
It is because of you we
No longer feel alone

Share with us your stories,
By the way did you know my dad?
He left when I was 3 and never came home
A few memories is all I had

Until you, the one that survived
Because of you, my dad is still alive

So don't you feel guilty
Hold you head high
I will tell you why you
Did not die

You have one more battle to fight
One more unanswered call
It's not your nation that needs you
It's the "CHILDREN OF THE WALL"

Help us to learn and don't let
Others forget
Our dads are still over there
They haven't all come home yet

Thank God you survived
Now hold up your head
If it were not for the vets
Our dads would surely be dead

To all you vets..........I love you with my soul...........Thank you so much for being there for us... Your CHILDREN OF THE WALL.......