To Sleep In Ocean Deep
To Sleep in Ocean Deep
After he did die and then went to sleep
They had him buried in the ocean deep
With big waves and while being so wide
He forever there will remain and abide.
There is something that is full of emotion
And love with devotion about an ocean
Each of many memories it does remind
Me of my father who I can longer find.
It all takes me back to when a little kid
When into ocean my dad's dead body sled
Officer came with orders which were direct
To proudly pay dad all of his last respects.
At church chapel sincere service did perform
Outside was a lightening and shower storm
No matter what we all eventually have to die
Then wipe a tear from each eye when we cry.
Ocean waves can create a lot of comfort
As they try to wash away all of the hurt
Body is on bottom and God's greatest goal
Is to bring to Him my dad's precious soul.
My dad died of a Naval accident of unknown
origin late at night on the Carrier Intrepid now
in New York Harbor. It was in August of 1956
and I had just turned 15 with three younger
sisters and two brothers. He is buried off of
Sicily in 200 feet of water. His body was
recognized by laundry markings on clothes.
All of this qualifies me to write the above poem.
James Thomas Horn, Retired Veteran
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