The War Cry

By: Ibette Bautista

Poetry is inspiring, touching, and interesting. My younger sister asked me to help her write a poem, which inspired me to write the following.  It is my hope that you will be inspired in the same way she inspired me.

• It was a bright hot summer day when the United States army came to his door.
• They asked him to join the army force to protect the country.
• His wife and children cried and begged him not to go.
• But his older son said, “Father, go to war if it is to protect our country, and our family.”
• The father took his son's words and kept them in his heart.
• The next day he was ready for the training camp.
• A few weeks later they were off to war.
• Their captain got shot down.
• The soldier was scared, but the words his son had spoken to him made him stronger.
• He then heard more gunshots and blood shrieking cries of pain.
• A few moments later, he realized some of the cries came from him.
• He had gotten shot, and he had no idea of what to do.
• He then cried out, “Lord! If you are out there, hear my prayers and protect my family from any harm that comes to them!”
• He died a few seconds later.
• When the family received the news they cried tears of blood.
• At the funeral his son said, “My father was and will always be a great man, in life or death.
• And I will finish what he has started…”.

I hope this inspires someone else to touch people's hearts. Hopefully I have touched yours. The heros of today are also the heros of tomorrow whether in life or death.