Poem+-+A+Brother+in+Arms

A Brother in Arms  By: Ian O’Neil

As you hear the bombs explode You see your brother fall  You never played catch with him  Nor shared the same parents  You met him only 11 months ago,  but still  He is your brother  This is the bond of brothers in arms

 Not by blood but in arms,  You would die for him  As he would do the same,  This is the bond of brothers in arms

 He is closer than your mother  He is closer than your sister <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Not to mention your father <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Though you only met him 11 months ago <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> This is the bond of brothers in arms

<span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> So as he falls your heart shatters <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Though you only knew him 11 short months <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> He was your brother in arms <span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> He was your brother in arms

<span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

<span style="color: #075c07; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">--John F. Kennedy, 1961