Justin

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  • ShanneN
  • A working class hero is something to be.

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This is for my brother, Justin, serving in the USAF.

Justin

I was a freshman, the year you moved away.

I’m so proud of you to this very day.

A strong man, raised to be great,

And to respect everyone, never to hate.

You have nothing to be ashamed of, everything you do is true.

Have I told you yet, I look up to you.

It’s almost as we are closer, but further apart.

I’ve got a place saved for you, right in my heart.

After Texas you were stationed in the UK.

When we dropped you off at the airport, I cried about the whole way home, I’d say.

You’ve grown up so fast, it’s crazy, you know,

The memories of us playing in the back yard, in the snow.

And I’ve grown up too, trying you keep up with you, and impress Dad like you do…

You’re stationed further now, way in Japan.

What’s it like there? Do you get tan?

June 2011, please come visit,

Watch me graduate, you just have to sit.

It’s all I want; my family sees me succeed,

Following your footsteps until it’s time for me to lead.

A brother, cousin, uncle, and son.

Before we know it, you’ll be in Air Force One.

A hero to all, but family to me,

United States Air force is where you’re meant to be.

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Patman34 commented on Justin

11-07-2010

aw that was very touching, in one hundred percent honesty I teared a little towards the end. There is a lot of emotion, pain and a lot of acceptance, a full cycle of hesling through out the poem, very good!

ShanneN

11/08/2010

Thank you!

winterkou commented on Justin

10-30-2010

noce tribute to the air force. really express alot in this write , good job.

Ninjaboy commented on Justin

10-29-2010

i like how u unlike many poeple wrote about your brother of all ppl, i see ppl wright about their father or mother, this one is a first. 10 here -------Ninjaboy-------

Sydney commented on Justin

10-25-2010

what a fantastic and great tribute for and to your brother. Sydney

angelchaser commented on Justin

10-25-2010

What a wonderful tribute to your brother, I salute him for serving his country and it's awesome how proud you are of him, Shannen. When he reads this poem I know he'll be touched, maybe even frame it on the wall. I hope he can make it to your graduation, that would be like the best present:)

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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