DEAR MOM AND DAD,
THE WAR IS DONE, MY TASK IS THROUGH BUT MOM THERE IS
SOMETHING I MUST ASK OF YOU. I HAVE A FRIEND, OH-SUCH A
FRIEND HE HAS NO HOME YOU SEE AND SO MOM
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING HIM HOME WITH ME.

DEAR SON,
WE DON’T MIND IF SOMEONE COMES HOME WITH YOU.
I’M SURE HE COULD STAY A WEEK OR TWO.

DEAR MOM AND DAD,
THERE’S SOMETHING YOU MUST KNOW. NOW PLEASE DON’T
BE ALARMED, MY FRIEND, IN BATTLE RECENTLY WAS HURT
AND LOST ONE ARM.

DEAR SON,
DON’T BE AFRAID TO BRING HIM HOME WITH YOU PERHAPS
HE COULD VISIT A DAY OR TWO.

DEAR MOM AND DAD,
BUT MOTHER HE’S NOT JUST A FRIEND HE’S LIKE A BROTHER TOO,
THAT’S WHY I WANT HIM HOME WITH US TO BE A SON TO YOU.
BEFORE YOU ANSWER, MOM I REALLY DON’T WANT TO BEG BUT
MY FRIEND FOUGHT IN A BATTLE IN WHICH HE LOST A LEG.

DEAR SON,
IT HURTS SO MUCH TO SAY THAT THE ANSWER MUST BE NO.
FOR DAD AND I HAVE LITTLE TIME FOR A BOY WHO’S CRIPPLED SO.

SOME MONTHS GO BY, A LETTER COMES, IT SAYS THEIR SON HAS DIED.
THEN THEY READ THE CAUSE OF DEATH, THE SHOCK IS SUICIDE.
DAYS LATER WHEN THE CASKET COMES DRAPED IN OUR COUNTRIES
FLAG.

THEY SAW THEIR SON LYING THERE,
WITHOUT AN ARM OR LEG.

~ Author Unknown