His Life

He was born at 3.30 in the morning
A difficult birth, must be said.
The labour lasted just short of two days
So, he is hungry, and demands to be fed.

Several years have now passed
And he is 5 years old.
His first day at school, it is looming
Hes excited, hes brave and hes bold.

And now he is heading to college
He wants to get himself a degree.
And then hell join the RAF
What an adventure that will be.

Hes fighting for his country
Who have got tangled up in a War.
The casualties, they are heavy
Hes losing comrades he has known from afar.

His plane is shot down and hes wounded
He awakes in a military bed.
No more flying for him, hes told
Hell have to have a desk job instead.

But thats not for him not why he joined up
A pilot was all hed ever be.
Hes fighting again now, a personal battle
To get back in a fighter jet, soaring and free.

His persistence, it works, and hes got what he wanted
And a long, worthy career he does have.
Hes retiring now to live in the countryside
Enjoying what his comrades died to save.

Its just passed his 85th birthday
And he is so tired right now.
His Lifes had its ups and down - hed agree
But, hes got this far into it, somehow.

They said that he died whilst he was asleep
So Peaceful, just as he had yearned.
They buried him alongside his Mum
And he was wearing the medals hed earned.

In memory of those who have died in Service and every hero and heroine in the world.

I have been writing poetry for many years and regularly have it published in print. My poetry is published by ForWard Press and in many other publications. So I'm now putting my poetry online. I'm married to my husband Peter. I publish my poetry on my Blog jo-hale-poetry at http://jo-hale-poetry.blogspot.com/ and on 8hop.com My poetry on 8hop.com. I also have information about my poetry at ht tp://www.squidoo.com/jo-hale-poetry.

Author:: Joanne Hale
Keywords:: Service, Respect, Love, old age, Life, Lifetime, Helping, Loyalty, War, Peace, Patriotism
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