I want so share a poem my son wrote

[soleft]

He has this project to collect short stories and poems reflecting different points of view about the war in the Middle East. The collection included courtesy of the Red, White and Blue by Toby Keith

This is one my son wrote

My Father

My father was a good man
He would always help me
He would always help others
I don't know why he died
A lot of other people died on that day too
None of those people did anything wrong
He was just trying to help other people get out of the
building
Then it fell
I don't know why
Why?
Why did the Americans kill him?

[BurtWorm]

1. Is it autobiographical, SOleft?

Or did he imagine it?

PS: It's a heartbreaker in either case.

[soleft]

5. Not autobiographical, and not LIHOP either

aahhhhhhhhhh. Got me too.

[Rowdyboy]

6. Kids see thing in the proper perspective...

Bless you both..

[noiretextatique]

2. tell sonofsoleft

that i like his poem very much :hi:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. Straight from the heart.

You can't ask for anything more.

I wish such a poem had not been necessary to create, but it's far from a perfect world.

[liberalmuse]

4. That's sad.

and too much harsh reality for a young kid to be questioning. I really like the poem, because it's simplicity and plain-speaking cut right to the heart. Sometimes you get tired of all the flowery speeches from adults about nothing.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Touching sentiments...

What a pity that Vengeance is blinder than Justice ever was...

[proud patriot]

8. That made me cry

Good for him to help people walk in another childs
shoes .

[rbnyc]

9. Nice...

...I love how you think you know what it's about, and then... Great way to make people think. Your son is damn cool.