Blue Star Mothers of Southern Nevada

Some of our Kids

Heroes Walk Among Us

Heroes walk among us though you wouldn't know
They certainly don't advertise, nothing special shows
They seem to be so regular just like you and me
But Heroes walk amongst us, look around and see
The father with the child had just come home from war
It doesn't seem apparent he's from the Marine Corps
He's visiting his family while on leave from Iraq
Worries left behind for now until he must go back
The woman at the gas station the grey t shirt she wears
Printed on the front of it ARMY this shirt bears
She doesn't say she is one she actually says she's not
But in my eyes a Hero stands right here in this spot
The boy who mowed the grass two summer years gone past
Had been fighting over there a week before the last
His mother won't admit it but the fear is in her eyes
She only wants her son back home not a Hero in disguise
My father is a Hero he said he knows many more
They fought right there beside him in the Korean War
The man down on the corner who holds the rusted can
Is one of our war Heroes who left behind the man
That he took over with him to fight and keep us free
Now there is another Hero that no one else can see
Heroes walk among us the ones who kept us free
Though you may not notice it they walk with you and me

Author: Tomasina Bruns