An old Vets Poem

Here’s to the World I live in

By S/Sgt. (Ret) William N. McCormack

 

Here’s to the world I live in

It’s beautiful and it’s pure

And I love this world that I live in

Because I know that it’s true

Because I have tried to make it so

 

Yet, I have walked through the shadow of the valley of death

And I have toiled and I have prayed

I have fought and I’ve suffered

For the toil of our praise

And I have dreamed and I have covered the sorrows and the shame

 

I have dipped in the blood of others

And yet I am not ashamed

I did it for our America which I have cherished all these years.

I would not give one minute of my heritage

For all the gold and silver, diamonds and jewels that’s in the air.

 

I have traveled far and near

And I have been worthy of my cause,

But, yet I am a United States Marine

That has never fallen.

 

I have gathered a lot of glory

And some of it is in desperate shame,

But, yet I am a Untied States Marine

That has worn the name

And would not give my title for kings or queens

 or Presidents of the World.