Wondered What My Answer Will Be

Wondered What My Answer Will Be

Had wondered what the answer may be;
Might have been emotion inside of me,
Which again to life I am trying to bring,
Like some song sung softly in the spring.

But things changed and it was me there,
Giving life to country with so much care,
And bravely serve country as new recruit;
Proud wearing my magnificent military suit.

Shoulders became so straight standing tall,
And while being in big battle finally did fall;
Happened in another country across the sea;
Fine family and friends are home and all free

For short time will have started to settle in,
And then marching off to battle went again;
Then there in lonely field myself would find,
Near Flanders and other soldiers are behind.

Sharp sounds of bullets were whizzing by,
As I had thought to myself if I ever do die,
And my lonely mother are her only son,
A new life with God in heaven have begun.

Each Memorial and Veteran's Day went past;
The sky seems so sad while being overcast;
Me my precious mother will never forget;
She sees my face in sun when it does set.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and War Orphan

My Dad was killed on the Carrier Intrepid
while on active duty in the Mediterranean.  
His name is Chief Petty Officer Arthur 
Frederick Horn, Aviation Ordinance Chief.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Onclaud Avatar
November 12, 2018 at 12:06 PM
i can so relate with this beautiful poem, being a general's daughter... a keeper, this one, james... happy veterans' day!..huggs
Horn Avatar
September 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Where are you nowadays?
Horn Avatar
November 13, 2018 at 6:30 AM
My Dad was killed when he fell from Intrepid in Med. Now Trump is trying to screw up more Veterans Benefits.
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