One Parent Thin
One Parent Thin.
Its the day he's awaited, the day we've dreaded
His unit deployed once again foreign situated
It's Helmond he tells me and I think, thank the Lord!
Once enlisted its so hard for such to be ignored
A training exercise I say, wow! to the Netherlands
I've heard of Helmond and how pretty it is
It's history rich in textiles for centuries I believe
When you think of the World, what an achieve
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Erm! its a little farther in fact, about 75 hours away
Deployment is in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
I so wish it was closer being near to you and the twins
Our unit always recite before leaving, begin our begin
Yea, Kandahar we're based, that place, Helmand
It's no holiday camp, not the best area to be posted
Why we are there I have simply no idea at their call
We call it insurgent activity city, Opium, their wonder all
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Front door we are as we await once again our waves
In the hoping his posting we're toasting his return
Minutes lead to seconds and he's out of our sight
Stopping tears of twins, mine, and family yearns
Days into weeks pass with minimal contact
News channels I limit hearing, thank goodness!
Seeing happy, frantic, erratic kids oblivious to
In thank you to no news as a family, God Bless!
When shopping, parent hopping, twins afoot
I'm told, stories unfold, that there's been
Stricken, panic, again thinking of the worst
Home, heading, thoughts shredding, family thirst!
The night passes thoughts recede my previous
Overthinking like before thinking so serious
Our morning blends into the twins nursery
Blanking out negativity bordering deleterious
On leaving, seeing, his Staff Master Sergeant
I fall to my knees, prayers, thinking, life sinking
Knowing our twins don't win, one parent thin!
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