One Tuff Marine
He sat all alone in his
favorite chair sitting by the fireplace
Waiting for the phone to
ring any day
Knowing the sound of the
phone would send him far away
He sat there looking out
the window
Staring into empty space
Remembering familiar thoughts
Of family and friends
Remembering the day he
asked his wife to marry him
Remembering how beautiful
she looked in her white wedding dress
Remembering the day she
gave birth to their 1st son
Remembering how proud he
made his Dad and his Mom
Just then the phone
rang late that day
He received his marching
orders
That sends him away
His wife and son were
out shopping
When they got home
He had to tell them the
sad news
That his country called him
to put on his uniform
He got orders to finish
the fight that never ended the 1st Desert Strom
His Mother and Father
dropped by that night
His Mother saw the look
in son’s eyes
She run up to him and threw
her arms around
His Mother could not hold
back her tears as she started to cry
This Tuff Marine she held
tightly in her arms
All of a sudden he became
her little boy again
He hugged and kissed her
ever so gently as he whispered in her ear
Momma please don't cry
for me
Don’t shed your pretty
tears
Have faith in God
And ask him to take away
your fears
Just say a prayer instead
And I'll be back before
you know it
I am, One Tuff Marine
just like my old man
Who once fought bravely
in Vietnam
He tells his wife and son
to stand by his countries side
He tells them how much
he loves them
That Duty and Honor knocked
on their door to fight this crazy man
They say he is a another Hitler
they call him Saddam Hussein
Another insane bastard
that wants to end our freedom
Destroy our world with
mass destruction and bomb our homeland
So when my country ships
me out across the seas
Let there be no tears for
me, for I am one Tuff Marine
Let there be no doubt
I'll be home sooner than
you all think
Please no more tears for
this Tuff Marine
Momma please don't cry
for me
Just say a prayer instead
So please remember me
Keep a candle lit in the
window
Tie yellow ribbon around
our old tree
Hang our Flag out proudly
in the front porch for the entire world to see
That we honor all our
Armed forces
Even the ones that marched
before me!
Say a prayer for this Tuff
Marine.
Just in case I don’t
make it back
And they send me home covered
in my Nations Flag
Tell my wife and son
This Tuff Marine
Died defending our country
and way of life
So they could live in freedom
light.
Written By:
Ruby Alexandra Beloz
1/17/03 ©
