Gold Star Mothers

Gold star mothers...A proud and honored creed

How Can you not be totally torn apart

When the knock comes frighteningly at your door

And your life goes permanently on hold

Your body trembles uncontrolled

As your tears flood deep into your soul

And your heart aches worst than ever before

You well know now your son won't be coming home

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Gold star mothers...

No-one knows how they feel

Gone unnoticed but undoubtedly real

Gold star mothers...

Carry their stars in esteem

In memory of their sons

Who died over seas

This emptiness becomes unbearable to console

And the sadness pummels from every side

The hurt you feel words cannot describe

And your misery won't stop gnawing inside

Your emotions reel too fragile to confide

And in your darkest moments there's no tears to cry

The world turns but yours is upside down

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So you cling to images of a son you raised and watched grow

Turning into a young man ready to take on life's throes

You look at his pictures a father and a mother well know

You cherish the moment he smiled and said " Good-bye"

You hang on to his keepsakes, treasures to behold

All these loved memories way more precious than gold

This is your one refuge you don't have to concede

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Then you turn to your husband your partner confidant

To help ease the pain and give you strength to go on

And you wonder, how can life be worth living for

When you wake up in the morning and reality is your worst nightmare

And you question how the maker could be so unfair

Then you think of your son who gave all to him

For freedom that we all enjoy on a whim!

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Then you find the light that guides you from above

And your mission becomes to keep your son's memory alive

To remind us for what and why he died

In the minds of nations and all of living mankind

In the hopes that the world can turn darkness into light

And make it a better place as in the beginning of time

For the love of freedom and a mother's peace of mind

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