In truth, most veterans are not respected by our mainstream society. These poems are an honest look at the plight of the those who serve their country.
(CANTON, N.C.) - This collection of poems was submitted to Salem-News.com through a contact in our work on the TCE (Trichloroethylene) related cancer cases and other illnesses stemmimg from water contact at the Marine Corps Base in North Carolina, Camp Lejeune. (see: Marine Death Camp: Camp Lejeune Trichlorethylene - the Culprit)
Carol J. Davis has her own story like so many others, and her therapy has in part been the creation of these poems that she wanted to see published for people to enjoy reading.
She says two were inspired when by the story of a WWII veteran in S.C. who applied to go to the VA Veterans home. "He was turned down," Carol said.
"Upon being turned down, he put his rejection letter in his pocket, stood on the steps of the VA and committed suicide. That was last week. Since then, the silence on his death has been deafening. The third poem was inspired by my husband's and my friends' contamination at Camp Lejeune."
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The Veterans
Why is it hard for you to thank your Vets?For this great nation, no one has risked more.Thanks for their service is not given yet!
So how shall you know them, once they are met?Honor so wounded can only be sore.Why is it hard for you to thank your Vets?
The families of Vets struggle, I’ll bet,With stories of help behind other doors.Thanks for their service is not given yet!
Apathy rampant may have caused regretIn those hearts so true and bodies so poor.Why is it hard for you to thank your Vets?
This nation should, by an example set,Prove that gratitude is not just a chore!Thanks for their service is not given yet!
Frustration! Because, of what you don’t get.This veteran’s family lives next door.Why is it hard for you to thank your Vets?Thanks for their service is not given yet!
5-16-08
Carol J. Davis
The Poisoned Patriots of Camp Lejeune
They chose to serve at Camp Lejeune;A dream! Defended for us all,And their dying will come too soon.
From the dream? Should none be immune,Except the ones who heard the call.They chose to serve at Camp Lejeune.
Their unjust reward? But a tomb!Contamination is the pall,And their dying will come too soon.
Their lives? Contain few happy tunes,Because, if you will please recall,They chose to serve at Camp Lejeune.
Medical bills? Stacked to the moon!Contributions? Considered small!And their dying will come too soon.
Congress? Held hearings this past June.True help? Upon the Hill is stalled.They chose to serve at Camp LejeuneAnd their dying will come too soon.
3-3-08
Carol J. Davis
Why Answer the Call?
For love of a dream, they answered the call,When threats did, to our nation, appear.Is their plight now considered? Not by all!
Because they believed “Liberty for All”,They offered their lives, despite their fear.For love of a dream, they answered the call.
Upon coming home, they took a hard fall.The dream defended, is not so near.Is their plight now considered? Not by all!
Something else matters on a street named Wall.Except for Vets, a dream not so dear.For love of a dream, they answered the call.
After their service, this system does maulThose who served it, despite their fear.Is their plight now considered? Not by all!
Veterans’ Administration has gall!Serving Veterans? Few truly hear!For love of a dream, they answered the call.Is their plight now considered? Not by all!
5-16-08
Carol J. Davis
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For more information on the Camp Lejeune TCE contamination problems, Carol suggests visiting watersurvivors.com.
There is also a developing awareness of illnesses from TCE contamination stemming from the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Southern California. For more information on that visit this story: El Toro Marines Should be Aware of Possible Contaminant Based Health Hazards, and this site which has a lot of information about the TCE situation there: mwsg37.com/.
Carol
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