Pass The Torch

This is a veteran's reaction to "9-11"

Pass The Torch

50,000 in Viet Nam
50,000 with just one bomb
Three million in the Civil War
Thirty million in The Second World War
Innocent victims who had no chance
To see their children sing and dance
Still live in our memory
A fallen hero with cold glazed eyes
Lifts his arm and says, "Pass the torch."
A young man takes it and begins to march
One of the lucky ones who did survive
Thanks God that he's still alive
The burned out torch reminds him of when
He walked through fields of dying men
Unable to sleep, he sits on his porch
And recalls the words, "Pass the Torch."