A Soldiers Light is Our Gift

There are only a few days of Christmas left

As I rush out to put up our lights

When the thought occurs to me

How many Soldiers this year have given their lives?

1,282

Soldiers made the supreme sacrifice

And here I am in my warm and cozy home in West Hills

Putting up my Christmas lights

This year I will put up one Christmas light

For every Soldier who lost their life

Our family will never forget the reason we are free

These brave Soldiers fought for you and me

I am so blessed that I get to live in a big fancy house

Where the WAR doesn't touch my way of life

Where I go to sleep in a warm bed every night

While our Soldiers sleep outside in the cold

Or where the silence of my neighborhood

Doesn't hear the thunder of the War in Iraq

Or the sounds of missiles screaming in the skies

Showering death to its earth causing so many to die

If it wasn't for watching the TV everyday

I wouldn't know the WAR was outside my front door

So this Christmas I will put up one light

For every Soldiers life

As of today

There are 1,282 Christmas lights

In memory of those who gave their lives

How many more lights will go out my front door?

Before we end this WAR?

I am afraid by the time the New Year has come it will be even more

Our family prays for peace to come this New Year

When Christmas is over and I have to put way my lights

I will never forget that each every light

Was once a Soldiers life and our gift

Today there were 1,282 Soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq

They made the supreme sacrifice

Let’s remember the Christmas gift they gave to you and me

Their gift to our Country is Freedom and Liberty!

Written By: Ruby Alexandra Beloz

Ruby Alexandra Beloz

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Little Drummer Boy Sequence courtesy of Gary Wachtel