Ian Hiscox

  • signed Armed Forces Pledge 2026-10-10 12:45:33 +0100
    Was it hard serving, you bet it was and is

    Was I ever scared? Is it something I miss?

    Did it change me from the person I used to be

    Did it weaken my life, or help me see

    Why did I join up, what did I need

    Why did I offer my life to bleed

    Well let me tell you my dear fellow brothers

    Yes, if you served your a brother from other mothers

    It wasn’t pride or a patriotic thing

    I was broken and needed fixing

    I remember that very first day

    People like me looking for another way

    Boys really, looking for adventure and fun

    The thrill of battles to be won

    Finding out there was only one thing we can rely on

    It’s each other brothers, remember that, before we are gone

    The days spent together through many hardships and pain

    Forming us as one, look what we became

    No longer boys, mighty warriors we were

    Longing to fight, longing to serve

    Yes we’ve been through some stuff, some too hard to bare

    But brothers, if I’ve learned anything, that pain inside, we must share

    It’s brothers like us, who can understand and be that ear

    It’s brothers like us, not embarrassed to share a tear

    It’s brothers like us, that have got your back

    It’s brothers like us that will carry your pack

    So if your still living your war, if that pain won’t go away

    Cmon fellow soldiers, come have your say

    Speak to a brother, someone who can be there for you

    If not a fellow brother whose seen it, then who?

    I will finish by reminding you of this

    When we served together it wasn’t all bliss

    But one thing we have both then and NOW

    Which we all seem to forget somehow

    We are better together, open your eyes and see

    Let’s heal our pasts, don’t be an I, brothers we are a WE

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