Life Lesson Too Poem by Rich Reitz

There! little boy, don't cry!
They have broken your toys, I know;
Your fire truck red
Underneath the bed
Was new not so long ago;
But childhood days will soon rush by.
There! little boy, don't cry!

There! young man, don't cry!
She has broken your heart, I know;
When she said good-bye
With no reason why
Only that she had to go;
Affairs of the heart will soon pass by.
There! young man, don't cry!

There! tired soldier, don't cry!
They have broken your spirit, I know!
With gun and bomb
In Vietnam
Youth seems so long ago.
It's not for the government and its lie,
It's for each other we die!