Michael Gelb Poet Couplet

A Marine

A Marine
By Joeysguy

This fellow at the age of twenty 
A Marine he became to be 

He was no different than any other Marine
He stood proud, he stood tall and he was lean  

He vowed 
That he would make his family proud 

After finishing his training he was hurt         
An accident left him bleeding, broken, and in the dirt 

Was someone watching over him that day
People wishing him well with lots of kind words to say

Off to the hospital where doctors put him under the knife  
He had a few set backs, he’s learning new ways of life

He lost the ability as a Marine to go and fight
For a new career he has something else in sight

So many people’s hearts he had won    
Everyone is so proud he’s far from done

Not much matters when it comes to size
He still stands tall in our eyes 

I know he has more to give and he’s not done
I know this, because he’s our grandson 

We wish him much love
From one of us here and one of us from above

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