Little Sis and Soldier

Off to deployment I complain

As my brother is shipped away

Knowing he’ll represent our red, white and blue

Is enough for you and me

My brother is the warrior I didn’t expect him to become

For this little sister is as proud as can be

Running, hiding, shooting, and killing

Is the pain of this soldier

Missing family back home

In a foreign country I’ve never known

But I know I’m fighting for the ones I love

That’s just enough to keep this soldier

From giving up his home

I’ve missed my brother for six months

The one who’s the toughest of us all

Sent me a postcard a few weeks ago

Still worried about his safety

I wished he could be here with me

Instead of being a target for another country

Just got shot in combat,

This soldier is bleeding out

The remaing breath is going out to God

Knowing I’ll be in a better place

I plead, “I’m sorry, and I love you” in that last final breath

Then I rise up to train for protecting

My family in another place

At the funeral, I look at the last postcard he sent

The last words to my family was, ‘I love you’

That part I traced in Sharpie

Because it was soiled by my hero’s blood

As the officials folded his flag

Mom was in tears

While Dad was silently cursing God

After the ceremony,

They tried to give my parents his flag

Instead, they have them give it to me

I burst in tears,

Because, he was my soldier,

And I was his Little Sis.