Don’t Call Her Hero

I come from a proud family of Veterans, dating back to the Revolutionary war on my Father’s side. I will always express my gratitude to the troops!

Somewhere along the lines
It went from Barbie and Ken
To Combat boots and IED’s.

No longer Daddies Little Girl
Some called her a true
American hero
While others yelled insults
To harsh to utter.

She watched Comrades fall
On foreign ground
And shed her own blood
In hot Desert Sand.

She left a leg in Kabul
And a much deeper of
Herself too
But if you ask her
If she do it again
Without hesitation
She says yes I would.
But don’t call me hero,
I didn’t come back
In a flag draped coffin
While my family listed to Taps
At a funeral possession.

(C) Michelle Renee Kidwell
October.14.2017
2:11 A.M P.ST