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WE WISH YOU WERE HOME
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WE WISH YOU WERE HOME |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
WE WISH YOU WERE HOME I remember that fair in September As we waited for a Ferris wheel ride, Just as you reached for my fingers, I felt how I loved you inside. The next thing I knew we were airborne, Above all the eyes of the crowd, Surrounded by rainbows of neon As the moon popped from behind a cloud You asked, "Daddy, do you love me?" I answered I couldn’t live without you. Then you reached up and tugged on my collar As we flew in that chair painted blue. Now you are grown and gone And have marched away to war. As I'm writing this letter, I yearn for your knock at our door. I got out some rags and the wax And gave your old Ford a rubdown. I went for a ride of remembrance While its mufflers made your favorite sound I drove by the park to ponder Those ball games we loved to play. I can 't help but worry and wonder If you'll ever come home to stay Your girlfriend still teaches school We see her every seventh day. There's no doubt who she thinks of When she folds her hands to pray. Your mother still talks to your picture As she works at her sewing machine. I hope my son you realize How much to us you mean. By Tom Zart |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Very beautiful and poignant! May your son be safe and be back home soon! Love, Margherita |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Tom, It's so good to read about your fond memories and expressed compassion and concern for your Son. I'm afraid that such words of expressed love are much too often neglected today. I remember this year, after I did the eulogy for my half brother's funneral, my dad told me that he was proud of me for the first time that I can ever remember..... It truly meant the world to me. Enjoyed reading. -Bob |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
Thank you,Thank you = both for your time and your kind words of support for my work. |
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Debo Member
since 2006-04-18
Posts 321Texas U.S.A. |
Oh the things that war brings to our table. Yet if you ask a soldier why he goes. That soldier will tell you I fight for peace and freedom and I fight for you and me. Very nice write and may God see our sons and daughters home safe real soon. Debo |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
I cried. I hope he comes home to you. |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
Thank you my fellows for your support of our troops. |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
My prayers go out to you, your wife and son. May God bring him home safely to you  If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
Thank you for your kind reply. |
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