The Homecoming

By: Kelly S. Rossi

The soldier got out of his rack

This day won’t be so bad he thought

Only a few more weeks left in this deployment

Then I’ll be going home

He thought of all he wanted to see

And all he wanted to do

Lets get this day behind me

Soon I’ll be going home

He got himself some breakfast

Made the usual remarks about the eggs

Then it was on to the HUVEE for the day

For soon he was going home

The patrol started and found them all on guard

For the elections were approaching

And people planned to do harm.

The mission it was simple

The task it was clear

Get back to camp in one piece

Because soon they’d be going home.

The day was going well

Almost to good to be true

“Tomorrow’s gonnna be hell” they thought

“But no matter what we’ll get through”

Just a few more weeks and we’ll all be going home.

It was the driver that said it first

One of the last the base camp heard

“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!” as the horizon turned to haze

“No big deal, just a sandstorm” was all the squad leader said.

“Well I guess the POG’s were right”.

Just pull over and wait it out

We’ll be home before tonight.

The driver tried to pull over

Though he really couldn’t see

The roadside dropped off

The canal was pretty deep

As the HUMVEE rolled over

It appeared they would get home

The storm pass on

As other vehicles did

Finally someone spotted theirs

And called out for them to “hang on”

The silence that answered back made the truth of the situation clear

These five brave soldiers had finally made it home

Now the waiting is over

Their mission is complete

Now the honor and pleasure is theirs

For the reward is twice as sweet

Since they made it home.

In Honor Of Sgt. Javier Marin Jr.

(1/21/76-1/24/05)

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