Daddy
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Khazanah Edwards, Grade 10
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Poetry
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2008
A happy family one day
the next day oh so sad
for Daddy would be shipped
Shipped some place far away
He’d be gone for a long time
who knows when he’d get back
the family prayed for him
each day he was away
But then one day months later
they got that simple call
Daddy was fighting in the war
when suddenly he took a fall
He was shot and blood was shed
the family prayed and prayed some more
but it was no use
for he was dead
The terrible war
turned a family of 5 down to 4
took a precious life
Daddy’s not coming back