Stand with me,
Soldier of war.
Side by side, shoulder to shoulder,
fight beside me, bleed with me,
Stand with me
As our brothers fall
as you leave this place of terror
as you huddle with the sane.
Stand with me,
upon my return to the loving embrace.
Stand with me
as we never leave that place of fear
as horrors bask in our waking nightmares
as we never forget.
Stand with me,
As we tear up and say farwell to those we once knew
To those we once were
Stand with me in a grey silence
for we, are survivors.