Some Poems from a Marine aka "Snake"...

A reminder of what was signed on 4th July 1776 has being paid by some mighty fine Marines...so a this poem says "Think of Me"...

Think of Me

You know you can not bring me back

You know that I am gone

I walk the streets of heaven now

It's my eternal home

But think of me now and then

Just as you do today

Remember that I died for you

So America could stay

A land where men are equal

A land where men are free

A land I lived and died for

When you think of Freedom

Think of me

Written by Loyde P. "Snake" Arender on May 25, 1988
Kilo Co 3rd Bn 26th Marines

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Crying In The Rain

I come to The Wall
All Alone
To see my friends
They say are gone
I see my reflection
I feel the pain
And with my buddies
I do my crying
In the rain

Very few
Really understand
Even fewer
Want to lend a hand
But The Wall
Seems to ease the pain
And with my buddies
I do my crying
In the rain

My buddies are here
I know
I can feel
Their presence close
We help each other
'Cause we share the pain
And being together
We do our crying
In the rain

No one can see
The tears I cry
The raindrops hide
The way I feel inside
So I survive
By hiding the pain
And with my buddies
I do my crying
In the rain

Written by Loyde P. "Snake" Arender
Kilo Co 3rd Bn 26th Marines

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Semper Fidelis
Ricardo