Soldier Boy - A Tribute To Britain's Heros Poem by Anne Morgan

Soldier Boy

Her heart missed a beat
As she opened the door
Six weeks earlier
He had gone off to war

A roadside bomb
Had blown off his legs
He had 30% burns
And severe wounds to his chest

Only six weeks today
She had waved goodbye
And prayed to God
He would return alive

But she would not accept
That her son might die

Now only eight months on
He straps his shiny new legs on
So many obstacles he has overcome

He is a born fighter
In more ways than one
And as he collects his treasured medal
A teardropp falls from his proud mother’s eye

WE SALUTE YOU
BRITAIN’S HEROS
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU

Anne Deborah Morgan
September 2009