my little soldier

Copyright © February 27, 2002 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
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He said.........

They took my heart and gave it a tweak,
and right now I am feeling kind of weak,

so I hope you do not need to see me smile,
I am afraid that will take a little while.

Maybe a week, maybe more,
right now I am trying to keep
from falling on the floor.

and I say to this very day.........

he is my little soldier,
brave as he can be,

and if I had the choice 
in that bed is where I’d be,

but I did not have a choice,
it was for him to do,

his heart was the one that needed the work,
we found out about it when he was brand new.

My heart isn’t as good as can be,
and he got his bad one from the genes in me,

And I am as sorry as I can be,
but I did not have a clue.

So, would I have brought him into the world in this way,
if I’d have known then what I know today,

I guess I’d have it no other way,
cause I love him more than life itself.