Why did he have to go?
Out of all numbers
Why was his chosen
Today
I have to say
Good-bye to my daddy
He promised
He’d come back
he said he would
Write to me everyday
It’s been 5 days
My daddy
has kept his promise
He writes to me everyday
He talks about how
He’ll be home soon
He says he misses me
And I sure miss him too
But everyday I get scared
That he’ll break his promise
And won’t come back
My dad hasn’t written to me
In 4 days
I keep praying that he’s safe
Today I was sitting in school
When my mom came in
She said I had to go
I could see it in her eyes
Something was wrong
Something wasn’t right
We got into the car
The tears came freely
I knew what was wrong
My daddy broke his promise
Because he wasn’t coming back
At first i thought I was a mistake
It didn’t really sink in
The war ended
My daddy never came back
he never wrote to me again
he never got to read
Me a book before bedtime
Once in a while
I’ll see him in my dreams
Smiling at me telling me he’s ok
Sometimes when I’m cold
or lonely
I feel his arms wrapped around me
I smell the after shave he always put on
and I hear him singing to me
My mom keeps reminding me
That someday I’ll see him again
And we’ll all be together
But right now he’s just on a trip
For the freedom and safety
Of his country
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