A requiem to a son ( a son goes to war)

My Son Goes to War


     I remember the day I said goodbye to a boy going to war
      And came home a man.
      I truly miss that boy; but I understand,

It wasn't so long ago I held you on my knee
 and now I look at you and you're taller than me.

I watched you as a child playing army in the yard
 and now the Army is home and the weeds stand guard.

I long for the days when we fished by the lake
I baited your hook while time skipped away...
The days grew short and the nights grew long
When I  think of you so far from home...


     I remember the day I said goodbye to a boy,
      going to war...
     And came home a man.

      I truly miss that boy;
      but I understand...


Now that I'm old and my days are short,
I  hold our  memories close  to my heart
Your smile and your face never far from my mind
I pray for your health.... all of the time.

And now I when I leave this earthly plane
I know that I have completed a life mundane
But when I look back and see what I've done,
My best achievement and that is my sons...


     I remember the day I said goodbye to a boy,
      going to war...
     And came home a man.

      I truly miss that boy;
      but I understand...