Poem

"I Am The Unknown Soldier"
Carl Klang
Published in 1997
      I am the unknown soldier
      Some call me M.I.A.
      Some say I can't go home again
      Some say I chose to stay
      I am the uknown soldier
      who you refuse to know
      A brother and a friend of yours
      Who left so long ago
      Some call me P.O.W.
      The one they left behind
      I am the unknown soldier
      The one they never tried to find
      I'm the one they never tried to find
      I'm a farmer from Missouri
      The soldier from St. Paul
      I was the hero of my family
      And still my pictures upon their wall
      I'm a poet and a scholar
      And the boy who lived next door
      I am the unknown soldier
      Forgotten on a foreign shore
      Long forgotten on a foreign shore
      I was someone's lovin' daddy
      I was someone's pride and joy
      I was someone's tender lover
      A worried Mama's little boy
      And if you should just forget me here
      Then I should forget you too
      Please won't you try to bring me home
      For I'm someone who belongs to you
      I'm still someone who belongs to you
      I am the uknown soldier
      With no more tears to shed
      I'm just a fading memory
      A part of the living dead
      My country has betrayed me
      Yet I have forgiven you
      And every night I pray to God
      That somehow he'll forgive you too
      Yes even somehow he'll forgive you too
      I am the unknown soldier
      The one for whom you cried
      That familiar face that you can't face
      The one your country told you died
      I am the unknown soldier
      With dreams you'll rescue me
      And I am a man who understands
      Only death might ever set me free
      Only death might ever set me free

      I am the unknown soldier
      And I'm black and blue and grey
      I said I am the unknown soldier
      And I die slowly every day
      And I'm tired and I'm hungry
      I am the unknown soldier
      The one you bought and sold
      I'm the one you bought and sold
      So lay down close beside me now
      And gently stroke my face
      And wrap your arms around me now
      Before we leave this place
      Some called me P.O.W.
      Some called Me M.I.A.
      Some say I can't come home again
      But I will return someday

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