My Son/ A Senior Airman

Dedicated to my Son in the Air Force...!

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Life is hard at times

But here we are

Met your mom when you were six

First grader, strong boy, so to speak

Was hard to be accepted into your life

Mom was the best thing from the sky

From those 25 gifts on Christmas

down to three, since we were always in need

Almost poisoned by your own mind... and hands

Trying to mix oil with my soda can

mom caught up with you

and smacked the heck out of the blues

apparently we never got along

looking for ways to break me from your mom

inciting arguments and those lies

making sure to make me angry at any time..!

Teen years came around, all seemed alright

but trouble was around by skipping school or starting a fight

mom thought you would end up in jail

but by miracles from the maker, you started to change

Senior year was witness to a big change

sharing calculus tricks. Getting to make it fun

Then headed of to serve Uncle Sam

and left for good this land of the free man

You might, you might think why?

why we didn't get along until way passed 9th grade

Mom gave up form that math from hell!

enough of equations and algebra that casted its spell

You left for the world in a good mood

And you know we think about you

Glad myself to have grown around you

Seeing you move and start anew

Pictures from that War; Iraq, Islamabad and Kabul

Scenes of death closing in and about to send you home

almost killed by snipers with a mission

Now you wish sometimes to come home in admonition

We know you are like our own blood

sharing thoughts and smiling as you go

Van Dam-me became a twin

wider shoulders and muscles from within

You have come as expected

Strong. stern and well respected

losing so many girls that hated a guy so much polite

What the heck! I said son of mine

Now a Senior Airman at 26

Full of life and ready for the quick fix

training camp teaching to face real action

No hesitation, no remorse, not even attached to any faction

You won't be home by Christmas indeed

but made it when little brother was sick

moved heaven and earth, even that Red Cross to make it back home

making sure little bro' was better and not alone

Have served your Country and became a real man

Not even ready to date and break another heart

Some ladies need to change their minds

Enough of rough caveman inside a ladies man

accept a a man and be really surprised

Saw that pic on You Tube, walking that desert of nowhere man

Noticed that blue sky, true and bright with that sunshine

holding that flag right against your heart

knowing that you were once the kid that was holding my hand..!