Heart of a Daddy, Soul of a Soldier

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Open Poetry #40

Heart of a Daddy, Soul of a Soldier

xopoetxo
Junior Member

since 2007-06-15

Posts 14

0 posted 2007-06-15 03:25 PM

A young boy, just out of high school,
went to a man in an army suit.
Phonecalls sound iminant, and oh so far apart,
sending love from the Middle East,
using tears and heart.
Then there was this one,
just 2 short minutes long,
the end of a soldier singing its song.
A very loved Daddy,
and a man newly wed,
was in a roadside bomb,
and pronounced to be dead.
His little boy will never know why his daddy is gone and the world is so cold,
leaving his boy just 6 months old.
Leaving a wife broken and a mother torn to bits,
all he was full of was life, love and wits.
He thinks up in heaven how he couldn't say goodbye, he wished he could call,
his wife knew him well, his son not at all.
The church gives support,
the town gives them heart,
but none can replace his life of love and art.
Why he was chosen, the world will never know....
He is missed so much,
but from our hearts he will not go.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2007-06-15 04:05 PM

Nice writing...James

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2007-06-17 06:02 AM

wonderfully expressed ... and welcome!
RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

3 posted 2007-06-18 03:03 AM

Sad, so sad.

Thank you for posting this poem. It's beautiful -- and sad.

Welcome to PiP.

Alison

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