I ate steak and shrimp tonight

A meal fit for a king

When someone half a world away

Did not eat a thing

I’ll sleep between clean sheets tonight

While half a world away

Another vet will pray to God

To ask for one more day

There is no war our leaders say

There’s no condition red

While far away a vet will sleep

On bamboo for a bed

No MIA’s our leaders say

They say it loud and strong

And just a half a world away

A vet could prove them wrong

LCDR Bob Prinselaar

USCG (ret)