A Simple Plea

Dear America, I beg you, to hear my request;
Nothing too difficult, not even a test.
Tonight as you lay down in your beds nice and warm;
Think of the soldier asleep in the midst of a storm.
When you sit to feast on your dinner for three;
Think of the Marine, who's eating bugs from a tree.
As you tuck in your children & kiss their small cheeks;
Think of the parents who've been missing for weeks.
I'm telling you this so you may understand;
As a United States Airman, I'm taking a stand.
I know that I'm young & the world I've yet seen;
Because I enlisted to protect you at just seventeen.
Now I fight blindly through the muck and the dark;
Hoping my efforts just may leave a mark.
America, can you hear me as I cry out in sorrow;
Hoping you'll support us through all the tomorrows.