Boots to Boots
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From Boots to Boots
Pancakes and playgrounds
Bicycles and school
Baseball and homework
Those years in the pool
Heart to heart talks
I hope they heard
Pride when I’d hear them
Spreading God’s Word
Laughing so hard
At things they would say
As the kids in the kitchen
Or leads in the play
Those anxious moments
Learning to drive
Each time they left
“Come back alive.”
The girls off to college
But still in the home
The boy off to boot camp
All on his own
Waiting for letters
Waiting on word
So full of joy
When we finally heard
Counting the days
To graduation
When he begins a new life
Serving this nation
That day has now come
We hoped it would last
But it could have been weeks
It still goes too fast.
He seems a bit different
More focused and lighter
Yet we still see our son
And hugs don’t get tighter
Our faith is strong
But it still feels odd
To release him to country
And the will of our God
Truth settles in now
He has a new plan
This boy is a sailor
This boy is a man
Dominic Gerace
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