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[aid] => mick
[title] => The Soldier
[time] => 2005-11-06 15:06:59
[hometext] => not sure about this one-maybe to long, you tell me, comments appreciated
[bodytext] => While waiting at the airport To pick up Grandpa Bill My daughter asked the questions I can't forget and never will Mommy who's that man And why's he dressed that way He's going to fight for our country He's flying far away But why is his mommy crying He's big enough to go She's sad she wont see him for a long time Just how long they don't really know But now he's crying too Can't he come back in a couple days Where is he going Thats so far away He's going to fight a war In a place called Iraq It's a pretty scary place and sometimes they don't come back Well mommy what's the war and why is it so scary I tell myself shes only five I shouldn't let her worry Mom you didn't answer me And why don't they come back home Honey it's real hard to explain Somethings even I don't know There's some bad people there Who aren't doing things quite right And our soldiers are going over there To try and end the fight Mom my teacher told us about the soldiers the other day She said lots of people are dying Will he make it go away Honey he's gonna try While he's in that scary place He's fighting there for all of us Trying to make sure we all stay safe Rare silence from the back seat Maybe I've said to much A rearview glance of tear filled eyes from a heart thats truly touched Doesn't he have babies he needs to come back home to see and if he doesn't come back Then who's gonna be their daddy My son just sat there quiet through the talk that we'd just had All the sudden I hear him whisper A seven year old voice should never sound so sad Mom I was just thinking Maybe we should pray And ask God to keep him safe So he can come home someday We bow our heads And close our eyes As I try to keep mine dry The last thing that they need right now Is to see their mommy cry He sits up straight , breathes in deep And takes his sisters hand Knowing this ones got to count He's going to save that man With a quiver in his voice He finally starts to pray Dear God I hope your listening There's something I've got to say Please bless that man that's over there The one who's hugging his mom Keep him safe watch over him Make sure he's not gone to long And all the other soldiers That go over there to fight Do the same for all of them I'll ask you every night Then end the war as fast as you can So they can all come home If you do I promise God I'll never do another thing wrong I'll listen to my mom and never tease my sister again I'll remind you again tomorrow In the name of Jesus Christ amen They looked up and smiled and turned their eyes back towards that man who turned their way and looked back at them As if he'd heard the conversation we just had As that soldier turned to walk away He gave them a quick wink and smiled back Look mom he felt our prayer He knows he's going there in Gods hands [comments] => 5 [counter] => 202 [topic] => 43 [informant] => kaysea [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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