The Night Before Christmas and All Is Secure

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My son is in the Marines and I am shocked ....................................He has joined a fraternity thatall soldiers .. especially old soldiers like me .. hold to be sacred andwe honor and protect our brothers and sisters who are or have been

members of this very elite group. :-P

 

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Butch,agreed with every word you had to say to the mom who wants her son home for Christmas.

 

 

The Night Before Christmas and All Is Secure.........

 

and there's not too many men that can make me cry now a days. But, you had me bawling by the time I got to the end of this poem! Have a Happy, Merry, Holiday, wherever you are and whatever you're doing. Love ya, Deonia

 

 

 

T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE,

IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.

 

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,

AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE

 

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,

NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE.

 

NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,

AND ON THE WALL PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

 

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARD OF ALL KINDS,

A SOBERING THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND.

 

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT SO DARK AND SO DREARY,

THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, NOW I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

 

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE,

CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.

 

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,

NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

 

WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ:

CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED?

 

I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,

OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

 

SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,

AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.

 

THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,

BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

 

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE,

ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.

 

THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,

I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY.

 

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,

"SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;

 

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,

MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."

 

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND SOON DRIFTED TO SLEEP,

I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP.

 

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL,

AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD EVENING'S CHILL.

 

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,

THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT.

 

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,

WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."

 

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."

 

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