Immor(t)ality

Bombs blast overhead,
You'd have been better left for dead,
The cries of the fallen go unheeded,
Your face (the picture of courage) all that's needed,
Close your eyes and see red, white & blue,
Sad you listened to those yelling "Uncle Sam wants you".
Moving forward to face your nameless foe,
Your feet continue as your mind tells you to go,
You left home full of vigor and puffed pride,
Go home a hero but the real you has died.