Proud Was I Poem by James Casey

Proud was I

Proud was I, , my record pure
No one left without a cure

They brought you in all covered in crimson
an airbag gone, one branch missin

Worked to save you could it be done?
Maybe, I wasn't the one

Given the task left before me
Time will tell, all will see

Qualifications shaky to say the least
Why was I sent here, Here in the East

Wrong fluids, Equipment not much at hand
Why did God send me this very brave man

You should have gone quickly, but you fought it like hell
I stayed there beside you and waited a spell

Were You from Kansas, New York or Saint Paul
Here to the job of protecting us all

Your spirit stays with me, my thoughts never wane
I see this young soldier all broken in pain

Guilt travels with me, for I'm surely to blame
And I didn't even know your name

J Casey 1996