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A soldier called his mother
From San Fransico Bay
Said, 'Mother, I'll be coming home
But hear me, what I say.
I want to bring a buddy,
Please, Mom, if you don't mind
He has but one arm, one leg, one eye
And needs your love so kind.'
The mother told her soldier
With a harsh and bitter tone
'No don't bring your buddy here!
Find him another home!
We sure don't need a handicap to be here in the way'
Days later came the telegraph
The soldier boy was dead
He took his life
They found a note
And this is what it said:
'No don't bring your buddy here'
His mother's words were they
'We sure don't need a handicap
To be here in the way'
At last the wheels stopped turning
As the mother met the train
She came to get her soldier boy
With tears that felt like rain
She looked into the cold steel casket
To kiss her son goodbye
And his body bore
The marks of war:
One arm, one leg, one eye
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- Title: A Soldier's Call
- Artist: RoanGrimm
- Description: A soldier wants to bring his crippled war buddy home, to receive his mother's love and care. But, his mother objects, and later finds out the truth about said 'war buddy'.
- Date: 07/05/2009
- Tags: soldiers call
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Comments (4 Comments)
- Dreams-of-Claudia - 07/26/2009
- I agree with firestar, you are an excellent writter. 5/5
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- firestarscool - 07/26/2009
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Woah. That's amazing.
Lady, you've got talent. Pursue it! This is extremely well-written. *claps frantically* - Report As Spam
- trickyb8 - 07/11/2009
- wow. breathtaking. should be published for high school lit. textbooks.
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- Reddemonspy - 07/05/2009
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beautifull, this made me cry sad
I really like it biggrin Your use of ryhme is fantastic and you kept the beat firm throughout - thats something not many people can do! I'm gonna give this a 5/5 because you deserve it biggrin Keep it up! - Report As Spam