My Son, My Son
Well
the phone rang this morning
And
without any warning
My
world changed forever on a dime
all because of an
Iraqi landmine
The hard voice on the line
Confirmed
the greatest fear of mine
So
that others may live he had given up his
And
From a grateful nation
We’re
sorry your son was lost
But
all I could think of with heartfelt emotion
That
it Was the greastest off all cost
Greater
love has no man
Than
To sacrifice his life for his friends
And
To keep us free from them
My
son, my son, I will never see again
Four
weeks later there was a knock at the door
6
men dressed in marine blues crossed my floor
One
by one they saluted me with crisp white gloves
And
as we sat down among the doves
They
began to tell me of the battle that took my son
While
providing us covering fire under heavy attack
He
stepped on an IED on the road to Mosul Iraq
And
Took the life of your marine son with cowardly tact
And
as they all rose to leave, eyes fighting back tears
They
thanked me for the bravery of my son of 20 years
As
they all began to leave and walk on to be free
A
blood stained envelope with a letter inside was given to me
And
through watery eyes, heart breaking and mouth quivering
I
read 2 lines in shaky handwriting
I
love you mom and dad, I died for you and Freedom today
Greater
love has no man
Than
To sacrifice his life for his friends
And To keep us free from them
My son, my son, I will never see again
It
was raining that day
At
the local cemetery where he will lay
In
a flag draped coffin with 21 guns a salute
All
I could think of so resolute
Was my son who had fought and died so bravely on the
battlefield grit
Was now resting safely, peacefully and heroically beneath it
Than
To sacrifice his life for his friends
And
To keep us free from them
My son, my son, I will never see again
My Son
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