Doesn't this say it all?

I asked this question in the military catagory, and so many people liked it, I thought I would continue to share it. It is the end of a beautiful poem where a soldier is talking to a civilian on Christmas Eve. Enjoy

"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,

"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?

It seems all too little for all that you've done,

For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,

"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.

To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,

To stand your own watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead,

To know you remember we fought and we bled.

Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,

That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

God Bless the soldiers who will not be home with their families this holiday season.