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