Big Green Bags
The big green bags have
waited years to leave
To disappear from the lives of those left behind
The day will come when
it is time to depart
And the big green bags
drive the lugubrious trip
to a far of place
To say hello to the airport
And goodbye to those loved
The big green bags take
an frightening journey
with a soldier
Across the world
To a place unknown to
those left behind
Never knowing when
They will return to
those left behind
The big green bags have
waited years to make a differnce
To their family
To their country
To their friends
To themselves
The big green bags