American soldier
we worship you

backdrops of foreign
buildings in flames
foreground of courage
machine guns ablaze

our freedom is firing
strong in our boots
we feel it in our veins
we feel it in our roots

American soldier
we worship you now

your eagle and your flag
we wear on our tanks
spreading our freedom
from the beach to the banks

American soldier
we worship your -

in tactical camo
for the fourth of July
Hamburg and Haifa
death falls from the sky

6/26/24