Gold Star Mothers Poem by Keo

My friend Keo's tribute to Gold Star Mothers Bummer: the poem was too small and long to show up. Still experimenting! GOLD STAR MOTHER By Keo R. Gathman As she stands beside his grave On yet another Memorial Day, She remembers the boy she sent away And how he became the man resting here today. His heroes didn't become famous playing ball. In fact most of their names were never well known at all. They went to work wearing camouflage green and desert brown, Earning their reputation as the toughest warriors around. When he first saw them in dress blues The heart within her little boy knew, That nothing short of becoming one of them would do. Time all too quickly passed by As childhood things were put aside, And his heart's desire would not be denied. "I love you, Mom" he said one day "But the time has come for me to go away," And she knew his decision she couldn't sway. Through tears she tried so hard to keep inside She told her baby boy goodbye. Writing him letters nearly every day She often took the time to pray, "Lord be with my boy today." "Help him clearly see the man I know that he can be, Grant him his most cherished dream, Let him come home, a United States Marine." When the time came for him to go to war She feared as she had never feared before, Prayed there would be no knock on her front door. They came that day dressed in their blues And though in her heart she already knew, She cried out "No, it can't be true." The man child she had sent away Was at last coming home to stay. He never doubted what they did was right, And he never wavered in the fight. Forever and always as in his childhood dreams, Her boy remains a United States Marine.

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