YOU DON'T KNOW ME

You will never know me
Regardless of how you try

You may have worked with me
And worn the same uniform as me
But don’t think you know me

We may have even drank together, laughed together
But still you wouldn’t know me

I’m confident and sometimes arrogant
And that you may hold against me

My world does not accept failure or admit defeat
We train, work and fight hard
That’s all that’s ever been shown to me

I have a family for each of whom I’d die for
We always work in two’s,
So in life and in death, we are never lonely

You may question my morality and even my sanity
But keep your own opinions, remember…
You don’t know me

As I walk up to this freaking IED
Fear is in every breath I take…
And you will never know me

There are some who know me well

We call ourselves EOD