POW/MIA Remembrance
POW/MIA
Aurthur Unknown
AS I SQUAT HERE IN THIS LONELY PLACE
A MAN MAYBE EVEN YOU FORGOT,
I WONDER, AM I IN LIVING HELL?
AM I ALIVE OR NOT?
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOW
SINCE MY LAST FRIEND LEFT THIS PLACE.
I GUESS HE'S BACK HOME - WHERE EVER THAT IS --
AMONG THE HUMAN RACE.
FORGIVE ME LORD; IF I SEEM UNTRUE,
TO THE VALUES MY PARENTS TAUGHT,
THE THOUGHT OF YOU -- OF FAMILY AND COUNTRY,
THOSE THINGS FOR WHICH I FOUGHT.
BUT, AS I'VE ENDURED THE ENDLESS DAYS
THAT DRAGGED ON INTO YEARS,
I'VE BATTLED WITH ALL MY VERY BEING
TO HOLD BACK BITTER TEARS.
MY CHILDREN, BY NOW THEY'RE NO LONGER SMALL
BY NOW THEY'RE NEARLY GROWN,
MY POOR WIFE -- SHE'S HAD THAT TOO,
SHE'S RAISED THEM ALL ALONE.
I WEPT TO HOLD MY DARLINGS,
TO WATCH MY CHILDREN GROW,
TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE LORD,
MY FAITH IN YOU TO SHOW.
BLESS ME FATHER, AND TAKE THIS LIFE,
PLEASE LET IT END TODAY,
I WONDER HOW THEY LISTED ME
POW OR MIA?
AS I SQUAT HERE IN THIS LONELY PLACE
A MAN MAYBE EVEN YOU FORGOT,
I WONDER, AM I IN LIVING HELL?
AM I ALIVE OR NOT?
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOW
SINCE MY LAST FRIEND LEFT THIS PLACE.
I GUESS HE'S BACK HOME - WHERE EVER THAT IS --
AMONG THE HUMAN RACE.
FORGIVE ME LORD; IF I SEEM UNTRUE,
TO THE VALUES MY PARENTS TAUGHT,
THE THOUGHT OF YOU -- OF FAMILY AND COUNTRY,
THOSE THINGS FOR WHICH I FOUGHT.
BUT, AS I'VE ENDURED THE ENDLESS DAYS
THAT DRAGGED ON INTO YEARS,
I'VE BATTLED WITH ALL MY VERY BEING
TO HOLD BACK BITTER TEARS.
MY CHILDREN, BY NOW THEY'RE NO LONGER SMALL
BY NOW THEY'RE NEARLY GROWN,
MY POOR WIFE -- SHE'S HAD THAT TOO,
SHE'S RAISED THEM ALL ALONE.
I WEPT TO HOLD MY DARLINGS,
TO WATCH MY CHILDREN GROW,
TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE LORD,
MY FAITH IN YOU TO SHOW.
BLESS ME FATHER, AND TAKE THIS LIFE,
PLEASE LET IT END TODAY,
I WONDER HOW THEY LISTED ME
POW OR MIA?