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My Son Is a Marine

YEAH MY SON IS A MARINE
AND YOU KNOW THATS TRUE
HES READY TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE AND DIE FOR YOU
WHEN HE LEFT HE SAID "MOMMA PLEASE DONT CRY
I GOTTA BE A MAN SO LET ME TRY
I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD AND YOU WILL SEE
CAUSE I'L BE PART OF THE UNITED STATES MARINES
I'LL BE A STRONG SOLDIER AND YOU WILL SEE 
I'LL KEEP FIGHTING SO THIS LAND WILL ALWAYS BE FREE
I'LL DO MY DUTY AND ALWAYS BE TRUE
AND MOMMA REMEMBER THAT I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
YES I AM VERY PROUD OF MY SON
AND NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT MY POEM IS DONE

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Raising Kids

IM ALWAYS TELLING MY KIDS
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT
BUT  HOW YOU MAKE IT
NOT HOW YOU GRAB AND TAKE IT

IVE ALWAYS TRIED TO TEACH
THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT WHAT IF THE WISDOM
I THINK IM GIVING THEM IS WRONG

WHEN YOURE A PARENT YOU 
ALWAYS TRY TO DO WHATS RIGHT
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS LONG DAYS 
AND EVEN LONGER NIGHTS

YOU TRY TO GUIDE THEM
AND POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
GIVE THEM SECURITY AND LOVE
AND ALWAYS GIVE THEM PROTECTION

BUT WHAT IF IN THE END YOU FIND
YOU JUST HAD TO GIVE THEM ROOM
TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND

WILL IT HAVE ALL BEEN IN VAIN
WILL HARM STILL FIND THEM 
OR GIVE THEM SHAME

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT
ALTHOUGH YOU TRY WTH ALL YOUR MIGHT
TO SHOW THEM HOW TO FIGHT THE FIGHT

YOU PUT IT IN GODS HANDS
AFTER ALL HE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES THE PLANS
SO IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU DO IS ALL IN SPITE
AND YOU ARE READY TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT

THEN LOOK AT YOUR CHILD AND THINK AGAIN
CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT MINE I SEE A FRIEND
A FRIEND THAT I HELPED ALONG THE WAY
THAT I DIDNT GIVE UP ON OR LET GO ASTRAY

THEY ARE VERY STRONG INDEPENDENT MEN
WHO AFTER A LIFETIME OF RAISING
I AM FORTUNATE TO CALL A "FRIEND"

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A Marine

YOU WENT THROUGH BOOTCAMP AND I KNOW IT WAS HARD.
I TRIED TO HELP BY SENDING LETTERS AND CARDS.

BUT WHAT YOU DID YOUVE DONE ON YOUR OWN
YOU ARE A MAN NOW
NOT THE SAME BOY WHO LEFT HOME

YOU COMPLETED EVERY TASK THEY GAVE YOU
LOTS OF MUD AND WATER IN YOUR BOOTS YOU RAN THREW
NOW AS GRADUATION GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER
BE PROUD OF YOURSELF BECAUSE YOUR SUPPOSE TO

YOU FOUGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANTED 
AND YOU LET NO ONE STAND IN YOUR WAY
BUT JUST LOOK WHAT YOUVE EARNED 
YOU BECAME A "MARINE" TODAY

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Meaning of Mother

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MOTHER
IT'S NOT JUST A NAME YOU GIVE TO ANOTHER
IT'S CARING, AND LOVING AND KIND
IT'S THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH ONE DAY YOU'LL FIND

IT'S THE RAINBOW YOU'LL FIND
AT THE END OF THE RAIN
IT'S THE FACE THAT LOOKS AT YOU
BUT NEVER WITH SHAME

SHE HAS SOFT SHOULDERS
AND IS ALWAYS STRONG
SHE'S THE ONE THAT YOU RUN TO
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

SHE'LL NEVER JUDGE YOU
AND SHE WILL ALWAYS CARE
BUT ONE DAY WHEN YOU AWAKE 
SHE MAY NOT BE THERE

SO LOVE HER WHILE YOU CAN
BECAUSE TO TAKE HER HOME
HAS ALWAYS BEEN GODS PLAN

SHE'S ONLY HERE
FOR A LITTLE WHILE
BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS
BE HER CHILD

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Father

WHEN I THINK OF MY FATHER
I THINK MEAN AND TOUGH 
HIS HANDS ARE ALL WRINKELED
CALLUSED AND ROUGH

I THINK OF MY CHILDHOOD
IN ALL IT'S DISPAIR
I THINK OF THE HARD TIMES
AND WHEN HE WASN'T THERE

I THINK OF THE NIGHTS
I SAT AND CRIED
I THINK OF HOW MANY TIMES
HE WAS NOT BY MY SIDE

SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE 
ALL I CAN DO
IS THINK OF THE BAD TIMES
AND ALL I'VE BEEN THROUGH

BUT NOW THAT I AM GETTING OLDER
I FIND HOW MUCH HE HAS TOO
AND THEN I THINK OF HOW I WOULD MISS HIM
AND HOW MY SIBLING WOULD MISS HIM TO

EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T ALWAYS THERE
I GUESS I CAN'T SAY THAT HE DIDN'T CARE

FOR IT IS LIFE THAT HE GAVE ME
AND ALL OF MY STRENGTH 
FOR I'VE LEARNED HOW TO BE A PARENT
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS STILL HURT UNDERNEATH

FOR THIS I THANK HIM IN SOME PECULIAR WAY
BECAUSE IT'S MADE ME A STRONGER PERSON
AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY

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Sisters

WHAT IS IT TO HAVE SISTERS 
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN
IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR
OWN READY MADE TEAM

A SISTER IS SOMEONE
WHO IS ALWAYS THERE
A SISTER IS SOMEONE
WHO WILL ALWAYS CARE

SOMETIMES YOU ARGUE
FUSS AND FIGHT
AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE ONES
YOU TALK TO ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECT
AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD
BUT IT'S YOUR SISTER WHO IS
THERE BECAUSE IT'S A SISTER WHO SHOULD

YOU MIGHT NOT ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE
BUT IT'S HER SHOULDER YOU LEAN ON
WHEN YOU NEED TO CRY

SOMETIMES YOUR SISTER
MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME MOM AND DAD
BUT IT'S THE BOND YOU HAVE TOGETHER
NOT WHAT DNA YOU HAVE

YOU CAN HAVE A SISTER
THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE YOU
BUT IT'S THE SISTER WHO UNDERSTANDS
THAT WILL MEAN THE MOST TO YOU

I CHERISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MINE
ALTHOUGH I MAY NOT SHOW IT ALL THE TIME

I LOVE MY SISTERS AS I AM SURE YOU DO YOURS
SHE'S ONE OF GODS LITTLE PLEASURE WE GET TO ENDURE