2006-06-28
2006-06-28
there is an old chinese saying:
"true words are not beautiful, beautiful words are not true."
i wish i had known that when i heard the recuriter's presentation
he had come to our school to tell us the country needed us
to offer us an adventure
to sign us up
listening to him, i could tell he had come for me.
i didn't understand my mother's tears when i told her i'd enlisted
i thought she'd be proud of me
now
the sand in my shoes
reminds me of his beautiful words
and my mother's tears burn my toes
"true words are not beautiful, beautiful words are not true."
i wish i had known that when i heard the recuriter's presentation
he had come to our school to tell us the country needed us
to offer us an adventure
to sign us up
listening to him, i could tell he had come for me.
i didn't understand my mother's tears when i told her i'd enlisted
i thought she'd be proud of me
now
the sand in my shoes
reminds me of his beautiful words
and my mother's tears burn my toes