Franklin Price Poet Rhyme

To the Mothers and the Fathers

To the Mothers and the Fathers
(for David, Patti and Chandler)
By Franklin Price

To the mothers and the fathers
For the children you have raised
Who went to the Marine Corps
One and all of you be praised

Parents left at home
Were to remain be left behind
Thoughts for the child who left them
To grow in body and in mind

Was a difficult decision
Parents and child  had to cope
Would not be physically together
To climb the wall and slide the rope

Mentally and physically
The child had to be in shape
For the stress and strain of drilling
And to stand up to the tape

When the Crucible was over 
And the last test had been passed
The Eagle, Globe and Anchor
Would be your child's at last

A child no longer standing
For a grown up now is seen
One who has earned the title
Of United States Marine

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