{"id":2935,"date":"2023-04-09T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2023-04-09T07:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:31:20","slug":"cornucopia-military-child-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/cornucopia-military-child-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornucopia: Military Child poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-our-military-kids wp-block-embed-our-military-kids\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VnXAiB4Zwr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourmilitarykids.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Our Military Kids\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourmilitarykids.org\/embed\/#?secret=lReMVnWFZt#?secret=VnXAiB4Zwr\" data-secret=\"VnXAiB4Zwr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poem for Dad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He doesn&#8217;t mean to make you frown<br>It&#8217;s just time to pack up and move to another town<br>Just when you get used to things<br>He never means to make a sting<br>Don&#8217;t bother unpacking that box<br>If you do, I give you props<br>Be careful if you get too comfortable<br>He doesn&#8217;t mean to make you cry<br>He&#8217;ll make it up, sing a lullaby<br>He&#8217;ll send you flowers on your birthday<br>While mommy says he&#8217;ll be home one day<br>For some, that day never comes<br>For me, I pray so I won&#8217;t go numb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I get my poster, markers bright<br>While &#8220;welcome home,&#8221;&nbsp;he&#8217;ll soon be in my sight<br>I march to the airport in my camo dress<br>As he comes off the plane there goes my stress<br>I can see right through him<br>Like he can see through me<br>Although he&#8217;s happy<br>He&#8217;s got PTSD<br>He hugs me tight and never lets go<br>I say &#8220;I love you, Daddy&#8221;<br>He replies &#8220;Oh how you&#8217;ve grown&#8221;<br>He hands me a bear with a message inside<br>I hug it and cry as time passes by<br>His voice echoes within as I hug its furry brown skin<br>He knew that I&#8217;d love this, he just had to within!<br>As I think back to what daddy told me,<br>(&#8220;Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty&#8221;)<br>I get scared when he&#8217;s out at sea<br>&#8220;USCG&#8221; I chant all day<br>I sway and rock all just for play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As time goes on I know it&#8217;s coming soon<br>That dreaded phone call, &#8220;Pack your things, we&#8217;re heading out this afternoon.&#8221;<br>Daddy leaves in a hurry, hugs me oh so tight<br>I know what he&#8217;s doing, going out to just fight<br>I know he&#8217;ll be back soon or so I thought<br>When that man came to my door I became distraught<br>He will not be forgotten, though gone too soon<br>There are no more tears, emotions become immune<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I lay in my bed I turn to face the side<br>I get up and scream then it&#8217;s time to decide<br>I go to my closet, the bottom shelf to be precise<br>There is&nbsp;a little brown box, what&#8217;s inside? Well that&#8217;s a surprise<br>I rip it open with hopes that it&#8217;s you<br>What do I see? There&#8217;s no way that it could be true<br>Just the bear nothing else but had I forgotten<br>All I needed to do was push the little black button<br>I pushed his stomach and gulped hoping to remember<br>The sound of your voice I last heard in September<br>My head laid to rest, tears running down my face<br>I vowed to follow in your footsteps I wouldn&#8217;t want to be a disgrace<br>I shut my eyes to get some sleep<br>I felt you tuck me in almost half asleep<br>&#8220;I love you, Daddy,&#8221; I thought to myself<br>&#8220;I love you too, baby girl&#8221; his soft voice mewled&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Angelina F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem for Dad He doesn&#8217;t mean to make you frownIt&#8217;s just time to pack up and move to another townJust when you get used to thingsHe never means to make a stingDon&#8217;t bother unpacking that boxIf you do, I give you propsBe careful if you get too comfortableHe doesn&#8217;t mean to make you cryHe&#8217;ll make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2936,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions\/2936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}