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So I stand here still, like a statue in a museum I’m frozen My palms are sweaty, my tears are burning me like acid on my skin I reach my hand down the grab a hold of you You are so little, in a giant world with no way to comprehend what is happening You are so innocent with your little black dress and your ocean blue eyes I see his smile in yours, I hear his laugh in your voice, He is everywhere, in the moon, and the stars, looking down watching over us He is in the beach waves crashing onto shore, but yet always finding its way back to the ocean He is in your singing, while your rehearsing for your concert He is everywhere, but he is gone They took him from us, he said ‘baby don’t worry I’ll be home someday’ But they took him, shot down his plane, and left nothing but ashes and skin burning on the ground Left a wife without a husband, a baby girl without a daddy A mother without a son They say he is a hero, He died for freedom He fought for our country Well congratulations US, my husband is gone, and your country is free So as I look down at you, a helpless little girl with no daddy to tuck you in at night or to tell you what is right and wrong What am I supposed to say when you grow up and ask why your daddy has been taken from you I’ll have no words, I will look into those ocean blue eyes of yours and see him. I close my eyes and see him, standing right in front of me, with his army green on He is running toward me, faster, faster, faster Until I freeze, I stand still like a statute and I can’t breathe My throat is blocked from the tears trying to escape my eyes He’s gone, **** just like that My one true love, my soul mate, my everything is gone I watch as they carefully fold up your flag Place it on your coffin and salute the flag flying high in the sky. Another soldier has fallen Another man never coming home Another family never going to see their loved one again I glance down to see a microscopic tear, rolling down your face You reach your hand up to me, and say ‘Mommy, daddy is home now’ I’ve lost it now, my strength, my grace, the tears are burning like rain on a hot summer night I wake up in a pool of my own sweat, the letter I’ve read a thousand times, under my pillow, I’m still young, waiting for him to come home so we can start our lives together That nightmare I had, will not become our reality, because he said ‘Baby, don’t worry, I’ll be home someday’
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Mar 31, 2014
Mar 31, 2014 at 8:05 AM UTC
Nightmare
So I stand here still, like a statue in a museum I’m frozen My palms are sweaty, my tears are burning me like acid on my skin I reach my hand down the grab a hold of you You are so little, in a giant world with no way to comprehend what is happening You are so innocent with your little black dress and your ocean blue eyes I see his smile in yours, I hear his laugh in your voice, He is everywhere, in the moon, and the stars, looking down watching over us He is in the beach waves crashing onto shore, but yet always finding its way back to the ocean He is in your singing, while your rehearsing for your concert He is everywhere, but he is gone They took him from us, he said ‘baby don’t worry I’ll be home someday’ But they took him, shot down his plane, and left nothing but ashes and skin burning on the ground Left a wife without a husband, a baby girl without a daddy A mother without a son They say he is a hero, He died for freedom He fought for our country Well congratulations US, my husband is gone, and your country is free So as I look down at you, a helpless little girl with no daddy to tuck you in at night or to tell you what is right and wrong What am I supposed to say when you grow up and ask why your daddy has been taken from you I’ll have no words, I will look into those ocean blue eyes of yours and see him. I close my eyes and see him, standing right in front of me, with his army green on He is running toward me, faster, faster, faster Until I freeze, I stand still like a statute and I can’t breathe My throat is blocked from the tears trying to escape my eyes He’s gone, **** just like that My one true love, my soul mate, my everything is gone I watch as they carefully fold up your flag Place it on your coffin and salute the flag flying high in the sky. Another soldier has fallen Another man never coming home Another family never going to see their loved one again I glance down to see a microscopic tear, rolling down your face You reach your hand up to me, and say ‘Mommy, daddy is home now’ I’ve lost it now, my strength, my grace, the tears are burning like rain on a hot summer night I wake up in a pool of my own sweat, the letter I’ve read a thousand times, under my pillow, I’m still young, waiting for him to come home so we can start our lives together That nightmare I had, will not become our reality, because he said ‘Baby, don’t worry, I’ll be home someday’
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Mar 31, 2014
Mar 31, 2014 at 8:05 AM UTC
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