Pretty good story, but it would be MUCH easier to read if the spelling/grammar was better. You might think it's not a big deal, but for people who DO know how to write, every mistake jars us out of the story. Most of the errors are of mis-place apsotrophies. Most words that end is 's' don't need an apostrophie. If the 's' is because there are more than one (optics, Decepticons, etc.) it doesn't need a '.
I'm not trying to nit-pick or put you down, just giving some friendly advice.

You made me cry!.. but it was lovely... thank you.

Though very a very sad fic, you do the poem justice. It's always an honor to show our soldiers such respect and I am blessed to have found your fic. Thank you. I personally am not a soldier of any form (military, legal, or otherwise) but am the daughter of two retired marines. So again, Thank you.

*sniffle* Beautiful and sad, that poem brought it together very nicely. T_T

very nice! well done and i love that poem.

that was so sweet. It made me cry. If you dont want a spolieer for Transformers 2 then DONT read the rest...
ok, in the movie Optimus dosnt die he just gets hurt, and Sam fixes him with the last shred of the all spark.

A very beautiful fic and the really beautiful poem, made me cry.