THIS POEM NEEDS A NAME and ps this is *NOT* stupid

We trust him with protecting our nation
but think we can't trust him with our stuff
We ask him to be willing to die for us
but rarely ask him to come over for a meal
We ask him to leave his family and protect ours
but don't offer to watch his children
We require many things of him
but offer him not even a "Thank you"
We know of him
but unless he has touched us personally
odds are we don't really know him
We say that it's okay we don't know him
because he doesn't know us
but it is not his duty to know everyone he protects
Who is this stranger?
This stranger is the one died to protect your right to protest at his funeral
this stranger is the American Soldier.
Next time you see this stranger shake his hand and say "Thank you"

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