******Warning* *****This One Is Sad <NOT MY SON, PLEASE>

Tonight When I Laid My Baby Down,


And Listened To His Gentle Breath,


I Saw The Sweet Smile,



And I Knew He Sighed,



I Knew He Was Dreaming Dreams,



Of Ships And Skies, And Seas.



My Little Man, So Perfect In Every Way,



Never Was There A Child More Perfect,




I Know This With A Mother's Heart.



But Then The Morning Came, And It Was Not A Child-Son But A Man,



Who's Wiskered Face Greeted Me At Breakfast,




Though I Could See The Child In The Twinkle Of His Eye,



He Rushed Through His Meal,




He Remembered To Kiss Me Quickly,




And, Then, He Was Gone.




When I Saw Him In His Uniform, I Thought Of Hallow's Eve,



A Small Child In A Costume,




A Cowboy, A Wizard, A Clown,



I Thought Of His Toy Soldiers,



Buried In The Dirt Behind The House Now,




He Looked So Tall, And Handsome, A Warrior,



I Looked At Those Hands,




The Hands That Always Sought Out Mine,



When He Was Afraid, Or Needed Comfort.



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I Could Not Be There, The Last Time He Was Afraid,



I Could Not Offer Comfort.



I Know That My God Surrendered His Son,



And I Know His Son Choose To Do This Thing,



Just As My Son Choose To Do This Thing.



But A Mother's Heart Is Different,




It Can Never Understand,





Why Must Our Babies Become Men?



And Then Die In A Strange Land?

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Tonight, I Laid My Baby Down,



For His Eternal Sleep,



And Forever He Will Dream




Of Ships And Skies, And Seas




And Forever My Heart Will Break,



For The Child I Lost To A War-Disease

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