The price of freedom

His mind was on his country
as he stood up to go
where this day would take him
he didn't even know.
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He just knew that somewhere
many miles away
there was a country waiting
who promised they would pray.
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That he would come home safely
from this foreign shore
that they had sent him to
when our country went to war.
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With courage he went forward
when he heard the battle call
but the battle was so brutal
that no one saw him fall.
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He paid the price for freedom
with face down in the sand
there upon the beaches
of a so foreign.land..
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His mind was on his country
and he served his country well
for the price of freedom
another soldier fell.
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Because of those like him
you and are free today
but for a country to be free
means someone has to pay.

by James A. Osteen Jr.