Dear Father Up In Heaven Today

DEAR FATHER UP IN HEAVEN TODAY > I BOW BEFORE THY THRONE, > ON BEHALF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS > THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN COME HOME. > > MY HEART GRIEVES FOR THE FAMILIES > OF A DAUGHTER OR A SON, > THAT WAS SENT TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY > SOMETHING LORD HAS TO BE DONE, > > THE SOLDIERS ARE GETTING KILLED THERE > AS THEY JUST TRY TO KEEP THE PEACE, > BUT EVIL MEN SURROUND THEM LORD > WILL THIS BATTLE EVER CEASE. > > PLEASE LORD GUIDE AND PROTECT THEM > AS THEIR DUTY THEY PROUDLY DO, > TO SAVE OUR NATIVE COUNTRY LORD > AND TRY TO BRING PEACE THERE TO. > > ITS TIME TO BRING THEM HOME LORD > WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR FRIENDS, > THE ENEMY,IS DESTROYING THEM, > PLEASE LORD MAKE THIS END. > > I SENT THEM A WRITTEN BOUQUET > AND A PRAYER RIGHT FROM MY HEART, > PLEASE LORD END THIS FIGHTING > THAT WE WISH HAD NEVER STARTED, > > WRITTEN BY ANN HART APRIL 16TH 2004 > IN HONOUR OF THE SOLDIERS,OVER IN IRAQ