Wednesday, November 23, 2011

"D" is for......

Jenny Matlock

Duty is described as doing what is necessary
to keep things you hold dear alive
I believe it is everybody's duty
to make sure to help their beliefs survive

Duty is not a word I use frivolously
 or ever take too lightly
if it means I stand watch over loved ones
 then I'll proudly do it nightly

Like chocolate and peanut butter
Duty and honor go hand and hand
If this country needed me again
I'd be there at the presidents command

I'm a proud American son
of an American military family
and if anybody was in trouble
they can always count on me

I stand side by side with others because
Duty for me comes naturally
I believe our beliefs will survive
because of others who are just like me.

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14 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 23, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Duty.... Tee hee hee hee.... er, um sorry... This is a more serious piece (LOL piece of duty..... eh, hem... Ok, sorry). This is a very heartfelt right, sorry for my little teenage, boy type humor there:-). Nicely done!

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  2. AmesNovember 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Duty is honor. Well said! Well done! I see you are a head of the game on next weeks Alphabe-Thursday. Wanna do mine for me? I have no enthusiam right now. :) Happy Thanksgiving!Blessings. ~Ames.

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  3. Rocky Mountain WomanNovember 30, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Lovely...

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  4. Barbara F.November 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    I really wish there were more men like you in this world. xo

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  5. EG CameraGirlNovember 30, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    It's admirable that you have strong convictions and stand by them!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Such a strong poem. Very nicely worded.

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  7. Vicki/JakeNovember 30, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    Living and working on a military base as I do, I think this is awesome....

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  8. anitamombanitaNovember 30, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Thanks for your sense of duty. I look forward to reading your words each week!

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  9. JANUNovember 30, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Patriotic...very well expressed.

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  10. Susan AndersonDecember 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    We all owe a great debt of gratitude to our troops.

    =)

    My post today: Divine Nature

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  11. Esther JoyDecember 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Duty is a great D word! It also is what you have to pay when you shop in another country!

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  12. AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Someone I correspond with used the following quote as an e-mail tag around Veterans Day. I'm sharing it with you as it seems to fit the theme of your post:

    A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." - That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it."

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  13. AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    I'm proud to be an American! And it's men like you who have defended my right to be an American. Thank you!! May God Bless and keep you!!

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  14. JennyDecember 6, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    I never even thought of duty as a D word.

    What a heroic take on this simple word.

    I love that you take it seriously.

    I love that you share your philosophy with us.

    Thank you for linking up.

    A+

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