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Posted 29 August 2005 - 08:29 PM

SHE WAS A 19 YEAR OLD LITTLE COUNTRY DOLL
BLONDE HAIR BROWN EYES , NOT SO VERY TALL
TOOK HER BROTHER ONE DAY, DROVE THE CITY LANES
TO THE ARMY OFFICE, WHERE THEY SIGNED THEIR NAMES.
THE BOTH HOPED THAT THEIR FAMILY WOULD BE PROUD
BUT..SHE LOOKED UP AND SAW A DARK GRAY CLOUD

BOOT CAMP WAS FIRST, THEN HER GRADUATION DAY
GOT ON A PLANE TO AFGHANISTAN & FLEW AWAY
SLEPT IN THE SAND AND ATE COLD FOOD
DID HER JOB,. WORKED HARD,. LIKE A SOLDIER SHOULD
SHE WOULD SERVE HER COUNTRY AND MAKE THEM PROUD
BUT.. OVER HER HEAD HUNG THAT DARK GRAY CLOUD

FOLLOWED HER PLATOON INTO AN AMBUSH THAT DAY
KICKED & FOUGHT & KEPT SHOOTING,.. IS WHAT THEY SAY
SHE WAS SHOT & STABBED, THEN HIDDEN IN A ROOM
KEPT PRAYING & HOPING SOMEONE WOULD FIND HER SOON
SHE STAYED BRAVE & STRONG SO HER FAMILY WOULD BE PROUD.
STILL,.. SHE REMEMBERED..THAT DARK GRAY CLOUD

SHE MOANED FOR THE ACHING IN HER BROKEN BONES
ATE RICE, MOLDY BREAD AND FELT SO ALL ALONE
NOT A CLUE TO HER CAPTORS WOULD SHE PROVIDE
SAYING PRAYERS OF FORGIVENESS IN CASE SHE DIED
SHE LOST COUNT OF THE DAYS.. AFTER MAYBE JUST FIVE
HOPE… IT SEEMED… WAS ALL THAT KEPT HER ALIVE
STAYING SILENT WHILE EVEN IN TERRIBLE PAIN
HOW.. SHE WONDERED,. DID SHE KEEP FROM GOING INSANE?

WOKE SUDDENLY ONE NIGHT NOT DARING TO BREATHE
THERE WAS SHOUTING & SHOOTING & MEN SHE COULDN’T SEE
A BLANKET WAS THROWN UP OVER HER FACE
SHE GUESSED SHE WOULD DISAPPEAR WITHOUT EVEN A TRACE
SHE HOPED HER COUNTRY AND FAMILY WOULD BE PROUD
WHERE?.. SHE WONDERED, WAS THAT DARK GRAY CLOUD?

SHE HEARD THE MUFFLED SOUND OF SO MANY VOICES
THIS TIME HER BROKEN BODY WOULD LIMIT HER CHOICES
SO SHE STAYED VERY STILL NOT UTTERING A WORD
WAS THAT AN ENGLISH VOICE THAT SHE JUST HEARD?
THE BLANKET FLEW OFF & SHE STARED INTO THE EYES
OF A U.S. MARINE.. IN A CAMOUFLAGE SHE RECOGNIZED
A NAVY SEAL WAS THERE, JUST TO HER RIGHT
AND AN ARMY CAPTAIN TOO, WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
THE SKY ABOVE THE COLOR OF DARK BLUE JEAN
A FULL MOON LENT LIGHT TO THE AMAZING SCENE
NO WHERE DID SHE SEE THAT DARK GRAY CLOUD
AND SHE KNEW HER COUNTRY AND FAMILY WERE PROUD
SHE HAD BEEN THRU HELL WITH BARELY A FLINCH
SHE WAS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, …. MISS JESSICA LYNCH


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