P.O.W.’s Prayer
Dear Mom and Dad,
The war is done, my task is through;
And Mom, there’s something I must ask of you.
I have a friend, O such a friend,
he has no home you see;
And so Mom, I’d really like to bring him home with me
Dear Son,
We don’t mind if someone comes home with you;
I’m sure he could stay perhaps a week or two.
Dear Mom and Dad,
There’s something you must know,
now please don’t be alarmed;
My friend in battle was recently shot,
and now he has no arm.
Dear Son,
Don’t be afraid
to bring him home with you;
perhaps he could stay
a day or two.
Dear Mom and Dad,
But Mom, he’s not just a friend,
he’s like a brother too;
that’s why I want him home with us,
and Like a Son to you.
Before you give your answer Mom,
I really don’t want to beg:
but my friend in battle was recently wounded;
and also lost a leg.
Dear Son,
It hurts so much to say,
the answer must be no;
for Dad and I have no time
for a boy who is crippled so.
So months went by and a letter came,
it said their Son had died;
when they read the cause of death,
the shock was “Suicideâ€.
Days later when the casket came.
draped in the Nation’s flag,
They saw their Son lying there
without an arm- ………without a leg.
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