WHEN THE FOG OF MOURNING HAS LIFTED,
OUR GRIEVING IS FAR FROM DONE.
WHY DID THEY HAVE TO LEAVE US?
LIFE’S NOT FAIR, BUT IT GOES ON.
SO GREAT WAS THE SACRIFICE,
YOU PAID FOR, WITH YOUR LIVES.
TO THOSE OF US, YOU LEFT BEHIND,
YOUR COURAGE, WAS NO SURPRISE.
WE SHALL SEE YOUR FACES,
WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE SKIES,
AND IN THE STARS AT NIGHT,
WE WILL SEE THE GLORY OF YOUR EYES.
YOUR ONLY THOUGHTS IN CONFLICT,
WERE TO HELP YOUR FELLOW MAN,
AND FREEDOM FOR THE PEOPLE,
WHO LIVE IN AFGHANISTAN.
ENDURANCE WAS YOUR SQUADRON MOTTO,
AS YOU PROTECTED OUR SOLDIERS,
FLYING ON YOUR LONG PATROLS,
WITH ANGELS ABOVE YOUR SHOULDERS,
AND AS YOUR HEAVENLY FLIGHT TAKES OFF,
AND HEADS INTO THE SUN.
GOD BLESS TO EVERYONE OF YOU,
AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE.
FOR THOSE OF US YOU LEFT BEHIND,
THERE WILL BE PAIN AND SCARS.
BUT IN YOUR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
YOU STROVE TO REACH THE STARS.