Silent Hero

My daughter wrote the most beautiful tribute tonight to our nation's soldiers. It is so amazing that I had to share it with you all.

Silent Hero

By Breanna Schulenburg

In ten seconds you're a military man

In eight seconds more you're a kid's number one fan

Then just a minute later you're fighting left and right

And there's no time to think about your personal plight

When the guy next to you falls down

And there's no one else around

You slowly take a stand

For your life and this man's

Then one hour later

You just want to go on home

But your duty is calling

And you fell so all alone

The ground that you walk on

Seems to sink under your feet

And you're following orders

Even when you're tired and beat

But you're doing your duty in the darkness of the night

And even when you're lonely

You won't give up your fight

And you stand up

For liberty and justice

You take the fall

And for one nation under God

You risk it all

And then a couple years later

When the war is over and done

All that's left are stories of the battles you fought in and won

And then two seconds later

Duty calls again

And then you lay it all on the line

To be your country's friend

A secret silent hero

That few might know about

But in the end you show them

What courage is about